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Dr. Erinn Fears Floyd is a Gifted Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Scholar who serves as Director of Training and Partnership Development for The Consortium for Inclusion of Underrepresented Racial Groups in Gifted Education (I-URGGE) and Lecturer at Texas State University-San Marcos. Former Director of Professional Learning for the National Association for Gifted Children and State Director of Gifted Education for the Alabama Department of Education, Dr. Floyd has served over 30 years as classroom teacher, school administrator, and district coordinator. She is an inaugural recipient of the NAGC Dr. Mary Frasier Teacher Scholarship for Diverse Talent Development and 2022 recipient of the 2022 Dr. Alexinia Baldwin Gifted & __________ Award.