Our Team

Lynne Fitzhugh
Ph.D., LDT, CALT-QI
Founder and President
Dr. Lynne Fitzhugh holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on learning disabilities from Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified Academic Language Therapist – Qualified Instructor (CALT-QI) and the Founding President of the Colorado Literacy & Learning Center. In addition, she serves as Director and Senior Lecturer in Colorado College’s Master of Arts in Teaching – Dyslexia Specialist Program.
Recognized as a leading expert in dyslexia and learning disabilities, Dr. Fitzhugh currently serves on the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and as President of the ALTA Charitable Foundation. She is a former President of the Academic Language Therapy Association and has served on the boards of the International Dyslexia Association and the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council. Dr. Lynne Fitzhugh is a founding editorial member of the Journal of Academic Language Therapy. She also has contributed her expertise to the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy’s Professional Development National Workgroup, playing a pivotal role in advancing literacy and education nationwide.

Grace Peak
M.Ed., CALT
Grace Peak received her MA in Teaching from Colorado College in 2022. She is a Certified Academic Language Therapist and a licensed secondary classroom teacher for English and Language Arts. Grace is currently pursuing her MA in Special Education at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Her experience in education has seen her work in private and public contexts in online, hybrid, and in-person settings with students ages K-12. As an instructor, Grace has worked with undergraduates, graduates, and other adult learners in postsecondary education in their journeys to become teachers and therapists. Grace’s professional literacy experience also includes instructional coaching and quality control in public primary schools. She serves on the advisory board for the Education Department at Colorado College and is a member of the Academic Language Therapy Association and the International Dyslexia Association.

Evelyn Hinote
B.S.
Business Development Manager
Evelyn Hinote received her BS in International Business Management from Arizona State University and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. She is active in the educational and artistic communities and is Vice Chair of the Board of Jane Franklin Dance. With a passion for empowering families through the arts and education, Evelyn brings a gentle touch to guiding parents through the often difficult process of gaining the support their child needs to achieve the highest level of academic success possible.

Jacqueline P. Valadez
Ph.D., LDT, CALT-QI
Dr. Jackie Valadez is a Certified Academic Language Therapist, Licensed Dyslexia Therapist in Texas, Qualified Instructor, and Educational Diagnostician. Her passion for teaching and learning spans over 30 years in numerous capacities in higher education and K-12 education, including teacher, professor, therapist, diagnostician, administrator, and supervisor.
She received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University at College Station, TX. She holds several state board certifications, including educational diagnostician, principal, professional reading specialist, special education teacher, and elementary education reading teacher.
Dr. Valadez currently teaches at Colorado College in the MAT-Dyslexia Specialist Program as Visiting Professor and brings numerous years of experience having taught and supervised graduate-level teachers at the University of Notre Dame, St.Mary’s University, and Schreiner University. She is President of Texas Dyslexia Center, a service-driven training center built from a passion for serving students, families, teachers, and their schools.
Her passion and work in dyslexia led to serving on the ALTA Board of Directors for two terms. She continues to volunteer on the ALTA Higher Education Committee, the Journal of Academic Language Therapy editorial committee, and as co-Chair of the ALTA Bilingual Exam Committee.
She lives in Boerne TX with her husband and children and enjoys attending Broadway shows, traveling, and spending time with her family in Port Aransas, TX.