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Austina De Bonte, Ed.D. (she/her/hers)

President
WA Coalition for Gifted Education
Woodinville, Washington, United States

Dr. Austina De Bonte is President of WA Coalition for Gifted Education, Past President of NW Gifted Child Association, member of the WA State Highly Capable Advisory, member of the NAGC Public Policy and Advocacy Committee, and a consultant at Smart is not Easy. She specializes in helping families get to the root cause(s) of their kids’ twice exceptional challenges. She also works with school district teams to develop and fine-tune their HiCap program models, especially concerning equitable identification strategies. Her signature style combines her experience as a parent of grown 2e students and a family consultant along with synthesized research, current district practices across Washington State, and cutting edge neuroscience. She received the NAGC Carolyn Callahan Award, People to Watch by Variations 2e, WAETAG Advocacy Award, and three PTA Outstanding Advocate awards. Dr. De Bonte has a Masters degree from MIT, and an Ed.D. from Bridges Graduate School, where her dissertation was titled “Beyond Universal Screening: Practices and Attitudes that Promote Equity in an Accelerated Program.”

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