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Bonnie Peterson Flint (born January 12, 1962) is an educator, mother, community leader, and candidate for the Utah House of Representatives (District 17) in the 2012 election. She is a moderate Democrat who champions children, families and education.

Bonnie was born in Ogden, Utah and grew up in Layton, Utah. During her senior year of high school, Bonnie won a four-year State Normal Scholarship and attended Weber State College, the University of Utah, and then graduated with a BA in English and French from Weber State in 1988. Bonnie then studied at the l'Université d'Orléans in France and then began to teach French in Davis District schools where she taught for 17 years. Since March 2005 Bonnie has been an administrator at Davis School District. She is currently the Secondary World Languages Curriculum Supervisor.

In 2008, Bonnie earned a Masters of Teaching degree from National University of La Jolla, California.

in 1982, Bonnie married Douglas Paul Flint, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, from Rigby, Idaho. Together they are the parents of four children. In August of 2012, Bonnie and Doug celebrated 30 years of marriage. Remarkably, over their 30 years of marriage, one or both of them was attending university for 17 of those 30 years. They are truly life-long learners.

Bonnie is actively involved in the World Languages field on a local, national and international level. Locally, Bonnie is a member of the Governor's World Language Council, is a member of the Governor's International Education Committee, and is the President-Elect of the Utah Foreign Language Association (UFLA). Nationally, Bonnie is an active member of the American Council of Foreign Language Teachers (ACTFL) and has presented several times at their annual conference. Bonnie is also an active member of the National Association of the District Supervisors of Foreign Languages and a member of the Southweat Conference of Language Teachers (SWCOLT). Bonnie is the current Vice-President and Program Chair of the SWCOLT. On the international level, Bonnie Flint works closely with the Chinese Ministry of Education (HANBAN) and the College Board for whom she interviews and places Chinese Guest teachers in American Schools.

From 2010 to 2012, Bonnie was the Director of Davis Reads, a community organization which encourages reading in the community