Judy Larsen is an associate professor in the Upgrading and University Preparation department who recently earned her PhD. Judy mainly teaches ABE mathematics courses, but she also teaches courses for the Teacher Education program and the Mathematics and Statistics department. Driven by a desire to continue growing as an educator herself, she stumbled upon a thriving professional learning community on social media that focuses on developing tools to enhance mathematics teaching without funding or mandate, which she has now studied for over six years to identify how and why it remains resilient. Through this research, Judy has identified features of self-organized learning collectives that are fruitful for consideration not only in social media contexts, but also within physical learning spaces such as classrooms and professional learning environments.