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Nora Gardner

Nora Gardner is the Parent Education Team’s lead editor for Gabb Wireless with over a decade of digital communications experience in technical writing, quality assurance, learning design, and editing. Having an ASU Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Communications, she loves communicating truth and perfecting products to benefit others. Because she values connection and believes that parenting is the hardest job in the world, she supports writers in their efforts to strengthen parents using research-based writing and online education. Her spare time is usually spent exploring new hiking trails, photographing her family, or creating music. Along with her two tech-loving kids, she relishes living in Draper, Utah.

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