This chapter extends Thaler’s call for reflexive openness by urging researchers to make the “metadata” of gang and gangland research—their identities, positions, and embodied experiences—explicit. Ignoring researchers’ bodies and social locations sustains the myth of a neutral, unmarked fieldworker: male, white, straight, mobile, and universally accepted. Yet researchers inevitably convey identity markers and experiences shaped by context, and failing to acknowledge these influences risks reproducing stereotypes about gangs and ganglands. Drawing on our experiences as early-career women scholar-practitioners conducting multidisciplinary fieldwork in El Salvador, Honduras, and beyond, we examine how who we are shapes what we see, hear, and record. Through a shared fieldwork vignette, we analyze key moments of reflection—questioning assumptions, responses, and power dynamics—and consider how these affected our interpretations. Ultimately, we argue that researchers’ and participants’ bodies both shape the narratives produced in gang research. Recognizing this interplay enhances ethical reflexivity, challenges stigma, and deepens understanding of how knowledge about marginalized communities is constructed and circulated.