Anchored619 Governing Board of Directors

Nicki Sessions

Owner, New Hope Therapy
Doctor of Physical Therapy
​Anchored619 Co-founder, CEO/CFO

Mellisa Bryan

Anchored619 President
National Park College Development Officer

Cindy Young

Anchored619 Co-founder Emeritus
NHT Speech-Language Pathologist

Reggie English

Malvern National Bank

Gina Rockwell

​Citizens Bank

Chris Meseke

Anchored619 Vice President
Meseke Farmers Insurance

Anchored619 Program Directors

Angie Joiner

Anchored on the Range

Shannon Combs

Beacon of Hope

Sam Oates

Anchored in Hope Respite

Amy Wrublesky

All Children's Academy

Anchored619 Staff

Brandon Sessions

Anchored619
​Business Finance Manager

Katy Wreyford

Anchored619
​Media Specialist

Back to the Beginning

How Anchored619 Began
It all started with Cindy...
Cindy Young knew from an early age that she was called to work with children with special needs. Her passion to help others became a reality when she graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Master of Science degree in Education, achieved her Certificate of Clinical Competence, and became a Speech Language Pathologist.
​In 1988, Cindy met her husband, Steven, and began working at Arkansas Easter Seals LR, where she obtained her NDT (Neuro-Developmental Treatment) certification. This allowed Cindy the opportunity to grasp a holistic treatment philosophy and lay the foundation for what later became a registered trademarked approach.
Cindy and two co-workers founded The Access Group Inc. in 1994, located in Little Rock. Over the 16 years as COO of Access, Cindy helped build an innovative school for ages birth - high school, an evaluation center, and a therapy clinic. She co-authored a book, Tools for Literacy and Communication, created a language-based curriculum for all ages, and trained parents, staff, and professionals at local, state, and national conferences. Cindy became certified in The DuBard Association Method which allowed her to expand her specialties to reading, writing, and comprehension.
God opened another door in 2010 for Cindy to co-found All Children's Academy and All Children's Therapy Inc. with Steven. This allowed the Youngs to offer extraordinary therapy to their community and a Christian-based school with intensive classroom instruction for students with specific learning disabilities. 
​During their time at ACA and ACT, they created and developed an entirely new innovative registered trademarked program known as "Therapeutically Enhanced Education"© that involves a holistic team approach to education and therapy that focuses on the six domains of health and wellness which impacts a child in their home, school, and community. This approach has proven to enable children to attain potential beyond their present abilities and abundantly help families. Since becoming a CDT (certified dyslexic therapist), Cindy has spent the last 12 years dedicating herself to the cause of specific learning disabilities, which she herself has experienced personally.
When COVID hit in 2020, Steven and Cindy saw the need to bring ACA to Hot Springs, passing the torch to Brandon and Nicki Sessions. Since its beginning in Hot Springs, the academy has continued to grow in student enrollments, supporting staff, an active board of directors, and a guiding association board. Anchored619 in Allegiance became a 510(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2022. This nonprofit includes All Children's Academy and three other therapy-based support programs; Anchored in Hope Respite, Anchored on the Range, and Beacon of Hope. 
In 2023, Cindy and Steven moved back to Little Rock and Cindy stepped down from the board of Anchored619, becoming an Emeritus member of the organization. We are so grateful to Cindy and her passion to see lives transformed. Some of Cindy's closest colleagues came together to express their thoughts in this video...