About Hilary

The Dyslexia Life was founded by Hilary Reese.  She was a Coast Guard spouse for 12 years and has been in the military community since 2000. She graduated from the University of Denver in 1999 with a BSBA in Finance and obtained a graduate level paralegal degree in 2000 from University of San Diego. 

She spent time in California, Georgia and Hawaii as a Coast Guard Family member. She has a child with severe dyslexia and other learning disabilities in college.    Her daughter had an IEP in three states during her entire school career.

She is the parent volunteer for Deocding Dyslexia Georgia for military families. She also works as the Decoding Dysleixa Military parent for Georgia.  She provides dyslexia help to parents in obtaining an appropriate IEP,

She has attended “Say Dyslexia” Day for the past 4 years in order to help bring more attention to dyslexia in the State of Georgia. Georgia passed SB48 “the Dyslexia Law” in 2019.  Decoding Dyslexia Georgia provides dyslexia support to parents and families in Georgia

In 2023, we helped passed two new reading laws in Georgia HB211 and HB538.  These two bills mandate the creation and monitoring of reading instruction and intervention for dyslexia (instructional materials, universal screeners, teacher literacy training, reporting on teacher training, and assessment and intervention) in the State of Georgia.

In 2025, we helped pass two more laws in Georgia, SB93 and HB307 which banned 3 Cueing and Reading Recovery programs in the State.

She runs multiple facebook groups for kids with Dyslexia and on Instagram as Military Dyslexia IEP