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Literacy (ALL) Team. Her supervisor, Gina Quintana, states that Dr. Antony is "well-known and
respected in the field at the state, national, and international level." She goes on to discuss the list of
presentations she has conducted across the United States and internationally (Qatar, Canada, and
Israel). Ms. Quintana goes on to say that "From a state level, Dr. Anthony is the state consultant on
visual impairments. In this capacity, she works hard to assure the teachers and service providers that
work with this population have access to the most current research and trainings. She brings in
national level presenters both in the field of blindness and deaf-blindness. There are many state
initiatives at the Colorado Department of Education. Dr. Anthony works diligently to assure that
students with visual impairments, including deaf-blindness, are represented and considered in each
and every initiative."
Andrea Story, a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, states that " The care and
dedication she brought to the families of the children with vision impairment was something I had
never seen before." JC Greely, another Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments, writes that
"Tanni is consistently able to connect programs and agencies to special projects, higher education,
and legislative advocacy; she connects people as well, as exemplified through her continuing
chairmanship of the International Preschool Seminar. It is a small working group not connected to
any agency that serves as a venue for addressing present and future needs for the youngest
populations in the field. By holding the group's work as a priority, Tanni helps "get it out there," to
the families, interventionists, and teacher trainers so that the work does not become only
knowledge-- it gets used."
For her dedication for students with visual impairments, blindness, and deafblindness within
the State of Colorado as well as her leadership among all State Consultants, DVI is honored to
present Dr. Tanni Anthony with this award.
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