| rab Americans encounter discriminatory experiences in the educational setting and are portrayed negatively in the media. The discrimination encountered by this population can affect the psychological wellbeing of Arab Americans (Amer, &Hovey, 2007; Moradi, & Hasan, 2004) and impact their academic abilities (Al-Hazza & Bucher, 2010; Ismael, & Ismael, 2017; Shaher, & Yousef, 2015). The experiences of Arab American students navigating higher education has not been addressed in counseling scholarly work. Utilizing an interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), the experiences of Arab American students completing a counseling master’s program was explored. The following six super-ordinate themes were identified for participants: resiliency,motivation, professor influence, spreading awareness, navigating cultures, and experiencing loneliness. Key words: Arab American, counseling graduate program, students of color |