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Danae Deligeorges, PhD,(born April 16, 1986) is a Greek psychopedagogist specializing in the support and development of gifted individuals. She is also an LGBTQ+ community advocate, being the first lesbian woman in Greece to marry her partner, Alexia Beziki.

Early Life and Education
She holds a bachelor's degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a master's degree in Gifted Education and Emotional Support Needs from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. In 2022, she received her doctorate from the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

= Career = From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Deligeorges was employed at the Hellenic American Academy in Chicago before returning to Greece. Since 2012, she has been an active contributor to the National Association for Gifted Children’s (NAGC) scientific newsletter, “Conceptual Foundation.” In 2013, she trained and became certified as a counselor/coordinator for parent groups of gifted children at the SENG’s 16th Annual Conference on gifted and talented education.

From 2015 to June 2018, she created and coordinated Giftedness and High Potential Education Programs for Greek Mensa, serving as the scientific coordinator.

In 2017, she collaborated for the first time with YMCA., as the creator and coordinator of the first Summer Giftedness Education Program in a Camp. To this day, the collaboration with YMCA., continues and has expanded, with the coordination of Giftedness Education Programs for children aged 4-13 throughout the academic year.

Additionally, she develops close collaborations with organizations and institutions (e.g., Hellenic-German Education) that invite her and for whom she designs educational programs aimed at meeting the specific needs of their students or educational and other adult human resources.

In 2017, she collaborated with the Friends of Children with Cancer "Elpida" Association as the creator and scientific coordinator for the cognitive and psychoeducational aspect of the "Elpida Youth Summer Camp" program, the first camping program for children with cancer in Greece.

In 2018, she founded the Φ Center for the Advancement of Noesis in Athens, serving as its Scientific Director. The center conducts psychoeducational programs on giftedness and talent development for children and adults across Greece and Europe. In the same year, she was selected to be among the 29 experts from around the world who participated in the e-book Helping Gifted Kids Thrive – Insights from Experts," edited by Tina B. Harlow.

Since November 2019, she has been collaborating with IEK Morfi – KEPANSI in Heraklion, Crete, conducting training seminars for educators and giving talks on Giftedness to parents and teachers.

Dr. Deligeorges is distinguished in Europe, notably as Greece's sole certified expert by Linda Kreger Silverman, PhD, and the Gifted Development Center in understanding overexcitabilities. She is internationally certified to use the World Game for measurement and evaluation purposes.

She published her first book, “Giftedness: Notes I,” in 2020 and co-organized the pioneering “Gifted World Experience” conference in 2023.