Punam V. Saxena

Punam V. Saxena


Punam V. Saxena is a keynote, TEDx, and SXSW speaker, writer, two-time author, and an Asian Indian who grew up in rural Georgia after integration in the 1970s where her family was the only Indian in the community for over a decade.

Appears in 1 Episode

Equity Over Equality: Failing the Gifted Test, Parent Advocacy, and Asking Families What They Actually Want with Punam V. Saxena

Equity Over Equality: Failing the Gifted Test, Parent Advocacy, and Asking Families What They Actually Want with Punam V. Saxena

Episode 104 · · 57:12

Parent engagement advocate Punam V. Saxena failed the gifted test in second grade, and spent the next twenty five years believing she was not smart. In this episode of Ronderings, R...