Mark Hess is President of the Colorado Association for Gifted Students, the Gifted Programs Specialist in a large, urban school district in Colorado Springs, and a career K-12 public educator.  Mark has published nine books for gifted specialists including “I Used to Be Gifted,” formerly a #1 New Top Seller in Gifted Education on Amazon, his 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Gifted Social-Emotional Curriculums and the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade Hands-on Literacy series. As Portable Gifted and Talented, Mark has shared over 38,000 free resources.  You can visit his website at www.giftedlearners.org