Hi, my name is Cindy Court Zmuda, and I’m the founder and owner of Anchor Learning Solutions. Originally from Minnesota, with six years of teaching in Wyoming, I came to Alaska on a 2-year adventure over 30 years ago! I retired from teaching Special Education in Alaska after 30 years, and decided I still love helping and advocating for struggling readers, but wanted to use the multisensory reading and writing methods I know work. I also wanted the flexibility to visit my own kids. Family is everything to me, and I love nothing more than spending time with my three grown children, one finishing graduate school for M.S.O.T., and two in college out-of-state. Two labs and one cat complete the family. I love to garden, hike, explore, fish, kayak and just enjoy the great outdoors! 

Professionally, I’m a master-level certified Special Education teacher with over three decades of experience working with, and advocating for, students with special needs such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, learning disabilities, non-verbal learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, children on the Autism Spectrum including Asperger’s Syndrome, and other significant learning challenges. I have taught and tutored reading and writing from kindergarten through adult learners, mentored teachers, served as a Literacy Instructional Coach, and as a Resource Specialist for Online Learning for Special Education students. My varied training includes Orton-Gillingham multisensory approaches, and I am a member of the International Dyslexia Association. With experience using a wide variety of proven programs and methods, I teach to the individual needs of struggling readers, writers and those with dyslexia to reach their potential. I’m also trained in and have implemented Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes® programs: LiPS®, Seeing Stars®, and Visualizing and Verbalizing®.