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BIBINAZ (Bibi) PIRAYESH, Ed.D., founder and educational therapist at , has more than 15 years of experience working with children with unique learning needs. While the emphasis of her work is on remediating learning disabilities in a one-on-one setting, she is also a popular speaker and community advocate for children and families around learning rights. She works with children in grades 1-12, helping them with a wide range of learning difficulties including dyslexia, ADHD, and spectrum disorders. Pirayesh holds a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience and Education from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University where she worked primarily on children¡¯s development of mathematical thinking and cognitive neuroscience. In 2020, she launched The Difference is Not Deficit Project to help promote the importance of seeing learning disability as a social justice issue, the cornerstone of her doctoral dissertation at Loyola Marymount University. In addition to teaching at °®¶¹´«Ã½ Silicon Valley Extension, where she serves on the Educational Therapy Certificate Program Advisory Board, Pirayesh teaches at Pepperdine University's Graduate School of Education and Psychology.