Allison Gunter, PhD is the Owner and Lead Consultant for Perspectives Educational Consulting Group where her work focuses on understanding and supporting racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse children and youth, equity in education, and closing the opportunity gap by exploring the facilitators of and addressing the barriers to access, resources, and supports to high quality learning experiences. In addition to being the Founder of Perspectives, Dr. Gunter also works with schools, districts and teacher preparation programs in preparing educators to bridge the gap from research to practice and understand the impact of culture, and academic and nonacademic factors on the academic and social-emotional development of students.