Alette Coble-Temple

She lives with cerebral palsy and much of her work has focused on disability rights. In 2015 she won the Ms. Wheelchair California pageant.

Early life and education

At birth, Coble-Temple was given a 10% chance of surviving. As a child she was required to attend a special school for those with disabilities until she rebelled at the end of fourth grade and told her parents she was striking going to school until she could attend the school four blocks from her neighborhood home. With the support of her parents, they fought the local school district and at the beginning of fifth grade, Coble-Temple was fully mainstreamed at Almond Elementary. She graduated from Los Altos High School in 1989 where she gave the student commencement speech. Coble-Temple attended Santa Clara University where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1993. While at Santa Clara University, she founded the first support group for students with disabilities and became the first physically disabled student to live on campus and become a member of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Delta Gamma sorority.

In 1993, Coble-Temple relocated to Walnut Creek, California, in order to attend John F. Kennedy University (JFK University) in order to pursue a master's degree in sport psychology. She earned her degree in eighteen months and was voted most outstanding student for JFK University in 1995. In 1996 she returned to JFK University to be in the inaugural PsyD class. By 1999 she earned her doctorate in psychology and again was named the outstanding student of the year.