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Austina De Bonte, MEng (she/her/hers)

Doctoral Candidate
Bridges Graduate School, Washington

Austina De Bonte is a consultant, speaker, coach, and advocate for gifted and twice exceptional students with Smart is not Easy (smartisnoteasy.com). She is President of the WA Coalition for Gifted Education (wacoalition.com), Past President of NW Gifted Child Association (nwgca.org), President of the Northshore HiCap Parents Council (hcparents.org), and Advisor to The G Word documentary (thegwordfilm.com). A dynamic and engaging presenter, Austina speaks regularly at conferences, as well as conducts parent education talks and professional development workshops for educators about the unique social and emotional development of highly capable (HiCap) or “gifted” children. 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 gifted student, parent of 2e, and family consultant along with synthesized research, current district practices across Washington State, and cutting edge neuroscience. She specializes in helping families get to the root cause of their kids’ challenges, looking beyond the usual suspects. Austina received the "People to Watch" Award from Variations 2e magazine in 2020, and has won 3 Outstanding Advocate awards from the PTA. She has a Masters degree from MIT and is a doctoral student at Bridges Graduate School. Contact Austina at austina@smartisnoteasy.com

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