[1] Anna-Lind completed a matriculation examination from Akureyri Junior College in 1991,[2] BA degree in psychology from the University of Iceland in 1996, Cand.

[3][4][5] She received grants from Fulbright and the Val Bjornson Fund (2003) to pursue doctoral studies in the United States.

[7] In 2017 and 2018, she also worked as Head Psychologist in the Department of Education at the Municipality of Kópavogur alongside a part-time position at the University of Iceland.

[11][12][13] Her research projects include assessment of the effects of training for preschool staff in discrete trial teaching on the progress of children with developmental delay;[14] assessment and implementation of peer assisted learning strategies to increase social interactions of students with autism with their classmates;[15] progress monitoring of students at risk for reading difficulties and individualized interventions to improve reading progress;[16] and evaluating the effects of function-based behavior support plans on persistent behaviour problems of students in preschools, primary schools and secondary schools.

During her career, Anna-Lind has written a number of academic articles for domestic and foreign journals,[20][21] in addition to giving many lectures both in Iceland and abroad.