Matt is an award-winning teacher, science department chair, GT trainer and AP consultant based in Houston, TX. A regular presenter at giftED, CAST and other conferences, Matt is a Past-President of STAT and TABT, and winner of numerous teaching awards, including NABT's "Outstanding Biology Teacher Award" for Texas, and the TMA's "Butler Award" for science teaching. A parent of a twice exceptional gifted student who struggled in school, Matt is interested in what parents and teachers can do to stimulate the best parts of gifted student's brains, and help them excel both in school and in life.