Dr. Brenda Barrio is an Associate Professor of Special Education — Critical Perspectives at the University of North Texas. Her research focuses on the areas of disproportionality of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education, culturally responsive teaching, bilingual special education, and pre-/in-service teacher preparation. Dr. Barrio has over 20 years of teaching experience, including graduate and undergraduate special education courses and K-5th bilingual and inclusive education. She is also the co-founder of the UNT ELEVAR and WSU ROAR inclusive post-secondary education programs for young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and is the current President of the Council for Learning Disabilities. She also serves as the UNT Division of Research and Innovation Faculty Fellow.  Click to Read More>>>

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Dr. Samantha-Kaye was formally educated in Jamaica, where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology. In England, she received her Master of Arts in Education and then completed her Ph.D. in Psychology in Australia. Using a cognitive psychology lens, Samantha’s expertise and interest lie at the intersection of education and psychology. She aims to link these areas with evidence-based e-learning technologies to improve teaching, learning, and assessment outcomes. Click to Read More>>>

Vicky Wilson-Woko is an Education Professional with expertise in Early Childhood Special Education, School Leadership & Management, Curriculum Development & Instruction. She's the founder of Relis Special Education Needs Consultancy, Co-founder & School Director at Relis Academy. She runs a support group for Mothers who have children with special needs and a virtual learning hub for Educators. Vicky is based in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.  Click to Read More>>>

Blessing Ingyape, is an International certified special needs Educator with a training in OG (Orton Gillingham). She's a dyslexia coach, the  founder of Dyslexia Help Africa & Executive Director at Dyslexia Help Learning Academy. She holds a certification from the C.A.D.E.T.  Academy which covers the 13 disabilities mentioned in the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), the IBCCES (International Board for Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards) and a Dyslexia certificate of training from Nessy Learning ( an award-winning educational publisher that creates multi-media learning games, video content, and a computer program, that are used in schools and homes in 192 countries around the world for children with learning issues). However, her passion lies within kids with specific learning difficulties.  Over the years she has recorded great progress working with these kids and their families and has seen many of them scale this Difficulty.  As one about paying it forward, she also trains teachers and consults for schools to achieve the same results. Through her great work and achievement in the Dyslexia community, she has been internationally recognized as the Dyslexia Teacher of the year 2021 by Dyslexia Trust- Nessy UK, a not-for-profit dyslexia charity based in Bristol, United Kingdom. Blessing is also a nominee of the prestigious  Future Awards Africa; Forbes has described the awards as "Nigeria’s most important awards for outstanding young Nigerians". She's also a member of I-inclusion, an all-women of warriors for inclusion and child right from 4 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, America) in providing free training sessions and consultation services for children with Neurodiversity and their families. She has been recognised by Donors for Africa as one of the top 50 African women in development and top 50 Neurodiversity Evangelist to follow globally in 2023 by Neurodiversity world.  Her organization; Dyslexia Help Africa has held various seminars and conferences on dyslexia with the aim of creating dyslexia awareness. She's also proudly a Scholarship beneficiary of the LDA (Learning Disability Association of America) 55th annual conference. Blessing's mantra is that there are no limits, every child can learn.  Click to Read More>>>

Tiffany James, Vice President of Nessy LLC America is a Certified Structured Language Teacher, Certified Reading Specialist, qualified Dyslexia Screener, and Dyslexia Specialist with 25 years of Kindergarten Teaching experience. Click to Read More>>>

Susan Iliyan, international television personality. She has worked in Media and Education in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Canada, the United States and Nigeria. Trilingual and exotic, she possesses a social sophistication that bridges all cultures and demographics. Click to Read More>>>