Our Team

Jack Latta joined our dyslexia intervention team in February 2023 and became the program director in the following months. His appointment to this role is a homecoming of sorts as Jack was one of the first students to go through Hindman Settlement School’s dyslexia program in the early 1980’s. 

“In 1981, I was diagnosed with the traits associated with dyslexia,” Jack said. “I wasn’t a good student. I struggled in all classes. Then, my mother enrolled me in Hindman Settlement School’s brand new dyslexia tutoring program and it effectively changed the course of my life.” 

Jack went on to graduate not only high school but also college with a Bachelor’s degree in the reading-intensive discipline of history from Morehead State University. He continued his coursework at MSU by earning an M.A. in Education. Prior to joining Hindman Settlement School, Jack worked as a reporter and producer, a public information officer, a political consultant, and a federal grant reviewer.

“Every step along my academic and professional path…none of it would have been possible without the HSS dyslexia program. I owe all that I am to that program,” Jack added.