Dr. Erinn Fears Floyd, a Gifted Education, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholar, is Director of Training and Partnership Development for The Consortium for Inclusion of Underrepresented Racial Groups in Gifted Education. She is the former Director of Professional Learning for the National Association for Gifted Children and Gifted Education Director for the Alabama Department of Education. Dr. Floyd is a Lecturer at Texas State University, San Marcos, and Assistant Professor at The University of Georgia. She has over twenty-nine years of experience as a classroom teacher, Gifted and School Improvement Specialist, Literacy Coach, District Gifted Coordinator, and School Administrator. She is an inaugural recipient of the NAGC Dr. Mary Frasier Teacher Scholarship for Diverse Talent Development. Dr. Floyd received the 2022 Dr. Alexinia Baldwin Gifted And ______ Award and the 2021 Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Author Contribution. She has published several articles and book chapters and is the founder of Equity and Excellence in Education, LLC, which provides professional learning and academic support to educators, parents, and students. She and her husband are the proud parents of two gifted children, a son(16) and a daughter (12).