Our Team

Katrina Lankford, Residential Coordinator, works closely with students on apartment maintenance, cooking, menu planning, and grocery shopping.  She provides support, helping students to reach their potential towards independent living.  In addition, Katrina teaches students how to utilize the public transportation system and based upon weekly apartment inspections, she is able to develop a mentoring strategy.  During cooking class, Katrina teaches students kitchen safety as well as planning and cooking complete meals for themselves and for larger groups.

Katrina enjoys watching movies with her fiancé and 3 children.  She also enjoys exploring new restaurants throughout the valley and taking her puppies to the park.

About Life Development Institute

LDI offers internationally recognized and fully-accredited high school, college and career-focused programming in a community-based apartment setting for young adults with LD, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD, NLD and similar conditions.