This study used sista circle methodology to explore sense of belonging of Black women in doctoral programs at a historically White institution and represents the collective experiences of fifteen participants, researcher and peer reviewer included. Sista circles were the primary source of data. Participants experienced disconnect through unproductive relationships with faculty, indifferent or antagonistic relationships with peers, and the campus dominant undergraduate culture. Participants experienced sense of belonging through productive relationships with faculty that helped participants navigate politics and policies and that connected faculty to students beyond participants roles as a student and through community with Black women that affirmed and encouraged them through the doctoral process. The response to sista circles as methodology was characterized as affirming, reflective, and intellectually stimulating and research informative. Implications for student affairs practice gleaned are intentional graduate student services and programming and creating spaces for Black women to fellowship together beyond the White and male gazes as a means of self-care and community building. Implications for future student affairs and higher education research include increased use of sista circle methodology as a inquiry method and support group for research done by and for Black women and a community cultural wealth analysis of Black graduate student persistence.