Gary Saunders, Ed.D. has been a teacher, instructional specialist and administrator for twenty five years. He has advocated for the rights of gifted education as a student, a parent and a public school employee. He has led the charge for identification of gifted students (already an at-risk group) in all communities notably in underserved groups and students with disabilities. His recent research on makers’ spaces revealed a multilevel category of gifted identification, entrepreneurially gifted.