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Hurn is an educational consultant, professional speaker, credentialed teacher, academic coach, National Tutoring Association Board Member, director and founder of the Miracle Math Coaching Brain-Based Learning Center. She is also the creator of The GPA Makeover Program, which has been proven to increase the grade point average of students from middle school through college.
As a professional speaker, she provides educational consulting and motivational speaking services to private clients and public organizations, including California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento City College, and the California Math Engineering and Science Achievement Program (MESA).
Before launching Miracle Math Coaching and The GPA Makeover Program, Hurn served as an actuary, and financial analyst for Fireman’s Fund Insurance. Her responsibilities included assessing risks, analyzing national trends, and determining the level of company’s financial reserves.
She holds an AS in Mathematics from Sacramento City College, a BS in Actuarial Statistics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a Teaching Credential from the State of California. She has earned certification from the National Tutoring Association and is a member of the Learning and the Brain Society.
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Deanna, has received praise from John J. Medina, a leading neuroscientist whose pioneering work has led to new understanding of how the brain learns. Medina is director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University and the Author of New York Times bestseller Brain Rules.
In her spare time, Deanna loves to journal, play brain game apps, find new natural hair products that complement her natural curl pattern, and practice speaking Spanish – when she’s not cooking and enjoying her three little women and hubby.
“I believe that so many of our students are traumatized. They need what I call “academic healing™ .” They need to feel seen, validated and affirmed. They need to stop feeling as though “they are the problem and something is wrong with them.”
My goal at Miracle Math is for my team and I to show them through our actions. We help them with a reframe. We show them how to ask new questions and to realize they are uniquely made in perfection.
My journey of “academic healing ™ ,” and eventually empowering isn’t something I take lightly. I have spent years doing the work, from multiple degrees, certifications, modalities to studying with some of the world’s leading experts– I’m grateful to have created a system that is re-writing the educational narrative of every student who passes through my door. “
