Students enrolled in higher education are often navigating a unique chapter of life where they experience a plethora of emotions triggered by academics, extracurricular involvement, relationships, work, and family obligations, among others. Thus, it is crucial that students and those who interact with them have the emotional awareness and management skills to optimize their learning and overall success in higher education. In this "Promising Practices" the author provides intentional efforts to integrate Emotional Intelligence (EI) into her drop-in STEM peer tutoring program, focusing on tutor training and professional development procedures with the goal of advancing the emotional intelligence of our tutoring staff.