Our Team

Kristin founded Linder Educational Coaching in 2008 and The Linder Academy in 2021, providing students and families with the supports they need to succeed in school.

Kristin is a developmental psychologist and balances working with clients at Linder with conducting academic research. She specializes in learning disabilities and developmental disorders. Her graduate work focused on cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, cognitive development, and molecular neuropharmacology. Kristin is a member of the MRES research team at George Mason University. She strives to stay current in neuroscience and psychological research, and to provide evidence-based interventions to Linder clients. A large part of her work  involves helping families move the outside support Linder provides to in-school supports through 504s and IEPs. She is one of 450 people nationwide in the past ten years that have earned the Certificate in Special Education Advocacy from William & Mary Law.

Kristin has been featured in interviews in Northern Virginia Magazine, Arlington Magazine, and on radio shows about education. She was a One to Watch Under 40 in 2018, the Face of Educational Coaching 2017 and 2020, and Linder EC won the Best of Arlington in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and the Best of Northern Virginia in 2017 for tutoring and education.

Kristin has two boys, Aubry (5) and Wesley (3). She is working on her first book, Intelligence,  which examines how recent research on stress and epigenetics impacts our understanding of intelligence, and what this means for policy surrounding poverty and education. Kristin is successfully completed the Mongol Derby in 2022 which is the toughest and longest horse race in the world.