Sequoia Gifted and Creative – Highly and profoundly gifted/2e learners often need more than traditional education provides. Our gifted specialists provide consultation, homeschool support, resource curation, gifted identification assessments, tutors and mentors, as well as ongoing family support.

Sequoia Gifted and Creative, LLC

Strategic consultation, advocacy, and educational guidance
for families with Highly & Profoundly Gifted and Twice-Exceptional Learners

Sequoia Gifted & Creative provides leading expertise in educational consultation and advocacy for highly gifted and profoundly gifted learners, including those who are twice-exceptional, and their families. As educational consultants and school advocates, we have partnered with hundreds of families across the United States and internationally to support informed decision-making around learning fit, pacing, placement, and long-term educational planning across public, private, and alternative educational settings.

How We Help

Whether you are reviewing new cognitive or achievement results, preparing for a school placement decision, or considering an alternative educational pathway, Sequoia Gifted provides strategic educational planning and guidance to help families determine clear and thoughtful next steps.

Learning Profile & Assessment Interpretation

We provide strengths-based learning profile assessments as well as cognitive and achievement measures, and we help families make sense of cognitive and academic results from outside evaluations. Our process translates data into clear, strategic next steps aligned with each learner’s strengths.

Strategic School Advocacy & Representation

When school placement, acceleration, or support decisions are needed, we provide structured guidance, documentation, and preparation grounded in research-informed strategy. As appropriate, this may include participation in school meetings to support clear communication and effective, strengths-based advocacy.

Homeschool Pathway Design & Transitions

For families designing or transitioning into personalized learning pathways, we provide strategic planning aligned with a learner’s strengths, pace, and long-term goals. This includes guidance for families considering or enrolled in Sequoia Gifted Academy (SGA) as a structured homeschool umbrella option.

We Understand

That being "so smart" or "so creative" can feel lonely or misunderstood;

That navigating educational options for learners with complex needs can feel overwhelming.

That there are many viable pathways to success; and

That curiosity, creativity, and “out-of-the-box thinking” need space, support, and trust to flourish.

How We Support Families...

Your family needs are just as unique as your learners. Whether your personalized learning journey includes homeschooling or advocating within a school environment, we are here to support you.

Our partnership may include:

Individual consultations to help families clarify concerns, understand their learner’s profile, and identify appropriate next steps, including serving as family advocates in school meetings and planning conversations
Learning profile and academic assessments that inform school advocacy, educational planning, and placement decisions
Curated homeschool curriculum and individualized learning pathways for learners whose needs are not met by standard educational models
Homeschool support, including Sequoia Gifted Academy (SGA), which may include educational support and guidance, relational mentorship, peer connections, and access to one-to-one instruction for highly gifted and twice-exceptional learners

Families often begin with a consultation, and from there we help identify the most appropriate supports and pathways.

Would you like to talk through your learner’s needs and next steps?

Lisa Jobe, JD

Lisa is an internationally recognized educational consultant and family advocate supporting highly and profoundly gifted and twice exceptional learners. She partners with families to clarify learning needs, navigate school advocacy, and design individualized learning pathways grounded in strengths based, interest focused education.

PG/2e Parenting

After beginning her career as a corporate attorney, Lisa spent two decades homeschooling and supporting profoundly gifted learners, including her own children. She has taught, mentored, and advised families across a wide range of gifted and twice exceptional profiles, and she is known for practical, strengths based guidance rooted in real family life. Her work is informed by long term experience partnering with parents as they navigate school fit, advocacy, and individualized learning pathways.

Internationally Recognized Expertise

Lisa is widely recognized for her work with highly and profoundly gifted and twice exceptional learners and their families. She speaks nationally and internationally and is frequently published in scholarly and professional literature related to profoundly gifted and twice exceptional education. Recent engagements include the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, the National Association for Gifted Children, the Davidson Institute, and the William & Mary Twice Exceptional Conference. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum and is active in professional communities supporting gifted and twice exceptional learners. Lisa’s doctoral work focuses on innovative leadership in gifted and twice exceptional education, including the development of the first international gifted and twice exceptional family co-op and the creation of the first homeschool umbrella program designed specifically to provide educational guidance and relational connection for profoundly gifted homeschool learners.

Credentials

Lisa earned her Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University Law School and practiced as a corporate attorney before moving into educational consulting. She is a doctoral candidate focused on gifted and twice exceptional education and is a certified SENG Model Parent Group facilitator. Lisa also holds a certificate in twice exceptional education and is trained in strengths based learning profile assessment practices for gifted and twice exceptional learners.

Lisa co-founded Sequoia Gifted and Creative with her dear friend and colleague Cassandra Whetstone. After several decades as an experienced educator, Cassandra recently retired to focus on legislative efforts. She will be available as needed for consulting.

Sequoia Gifted also partners with several other experts in the gifted community as we share in our common mission to support gifted, creative, and twice-exceptional learners along with their families.

Thank You For Our Client Testimonials....

"I don't know what I would have done without the help, compassion, and knowledge that Lisa and Cassandra gave me and my kids on this new journey. They really made a huge impact on our family, and we're so grateful."

"Lisa [and Cassandra] were such a huge support to us when we started homeschooling! We were so lucky to benefit from [their] curriculum knowledge for finding good matches for my PG and 2e kids. I can heartily recommend [their] services!"

"Lisa and Cassandra are a great collaboration and such a gift to our gifted population!"

"Thank you so much for helping me get started on getting the kids back on track to enjoy school. School avoidance is a real issue with kids these days and it isn't just a fad or phase... it's anxiety, panic, and more. [Our learner] is feeling so much better about next year thanks to you."