This article highlights the power of storytelling as a tool for professional learning for educators and educational leaders, particularly during this time of intense social isolation. Storytelling not only offers opportunities for healing, growth and community building, but also guides and supports educators in creating more equitable spaces for teaching and learning, in the midst of this pandemic and beyond. This article is connected to a virtual storytelling space through the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education, where readers are invited to share their stories of teaching, learning and leading throughout the COVID-19 crisis.