Alisa Johnson

Alisa Johnson, M.Ed. is a gifted specialist in the Paradise Valley Unified School District in Phoenix, Arizona. Alisa is also a professional development consultant focusing on culturally responsive practices and resources.

Alisa presents at school district professional development in services, state conferences, AAGT: (Arizona Gifted and Talented), ABSE: Arizona Alliance of Black School Educators) and national conferences (NAGC: National Association of Gifted and Talented) and NABSE (National Alliance of Black School Educators)

Dina Brulles

Dina Brulles, Ph.D., is the Gifted Masters Program Coordinator at Arizona State University and the former Director of Gifted Education at Paradise Valley Unified School District in Arizona. She served as NAGC’s Governance Secretary and NAGC’s School District Representative. Dina received the 2022 NAGC Anne Isaacs Award for Distinguished Service. Her work and books emphasize equitable and inclusive identification practices and programming in gifted education. Dr. Brulles supports others in developing all of our gifted learners’ potential.

Rebekah West Keur

Rebekah A. West Keur, M.Ed. is a Middle School Gifted Specialist for the Paradise Valley Unified School District teaching in the DLC program. The DLC program is a semi-self-contained gifted program at Sunrise Middle School. She is also an academic Associate with ASU’s Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction Gifted Education department. In addition, she is an Adjunct Professor with Maricopa Community Colleges.

Rebekah is an accomplished educator and teacher leader in gifted education, elementary, middle school, high school, and college education with an emphasis in humanities, Gifted Education, and professional development. She has been working in the field of gifted education for the past ten years in elementary school through college programs in Title I, suburban, national, and international settings including working with the DDC and John’s Hopkins CTY program.

Rebekah has an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Gifted Education from Arizona State University. She has earned multiple degrees from Grand Valley State University including Curriculum and Instruction, English, and Theater, and has studied in English masters programs at GVSU, ASU, and Oxford. She is currently working on her doctorate in Leadership and Innovation at ASU, specializing in K-12 educational leadership where her dissertation is in Increasing Equity in Gifted Programming Through a Multi-faceted Approach to Close the Opportunity Gap.

Rebekah has presented at the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) national gifted conferences, the state Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented (AAGT), SENG conferences, and is a published author on gifted education. She is also currently serving on the NAGC Teaching for High Potential Advisory Committee and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented.