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Wildhearts Academy offers onsite camps and enrichment programs that use arts integration, wellness habits, and nature-based curriculum. Families can also purchase content-rich lesson packets that provide a week’s worth of material for homeschool curriculum or to enrich a student’s worldview outside the home. The program also shares a blog with free content, real mom moments from the Wildhearts team, and activities for kids and families.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Lesson packets are designed for young learners in pre-K and kindergarten and can be modified for elementary and secondary children. The tenets of Wildhearts Academy are wellness, art, inclusivity, and connection to the natural world. Wildhearts Academy was founded and is led by Laura Brino as Changemakers Leader, Stephanie Smith as Forest School Leader, and Glory Paredes as Forest School Leader. Laura is a freelance artist and singer/songwriter who studied illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art and art education at Towson University, is Director of Programming at Maryland Hall, has worked as a middle school visual arts teacher and arts integration specialist, has presented at three national conferences about the healing power of arts, has released four albums under her name and her band Lily and the Pearl, and homeschools her two- and four-year-old daughters. Stephanie Smith is a school librarian and media specialist with a Master of Library and Information Science from the iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park, holds an SL certification for grades K–12, and has written library media curriculum for her school district for nine years. Glory Paredes is a bilingual visual artist and teacher who studied at the House of Culture of El Salvador and at CETEC-Plus El Salvador, has participated in exhibitions in multicultural festivals, the Salvadorian Consulate of Silver Spring, and galleries in the Annapolis and DMV area, has taught art classes to children and adults in El Salvador, and now works by commission and collaborates with local community organizations and schools, including Maryland Hall, Marshall Learning Center, and Annapolis elementary schools. The mission of Wildhearts Academy states that it is a philosophy for teaching children while building an inclusive, compassionate, and forward-thinking community, using significant figures throughout history and everyday heroes to guide each week’s lessons.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Lesson packets are designed for young learners in pre-K and kindergarten and can be modified for elementary and secondary children. The tenets of Wildhearts Academy are wellness, art, inclusivity, and connection to the natural world. Wildhearts Academy was founded and is led by Laura Brino as Changemakers Leader, Stephanie Smith as Forest School Leader, and Glory Paredes as Forest School Leader. Laura is a freelance artist and singer/songwriter who studied illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art and art education at Towson University, is Director of Programming at Maryland Hall, has worked as a middle school visual arts teacher and arts integration specialist, has presented at three national conferences about the healing power of arts, has released four albums under her name and her band Lily and the Pearl, and homeschools her two- and four-year-old daughters. Stephanie Smith is a school librarian and media specialist with a Master of Library and Information Science from the iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park, holds an SL certification for grades K–12, and has written library media curriculum for her school district for nine years. Glory Paredes is a bilingual visual artist and teacher who studied at the House of Culture of El Salvador and at CETEC-Plus El Salvador, has participated in exhibitions in multicultural festivals, the Salvadorian Consulate of Silver Spring, and galleries in the Annapolis and DMV area, has taught art classes to children and adults in El Salvador, and now works by commission and collaborates with local community organizations and schools, including Maryland Hall, Marshall Learning Center, and Annapolis elementary schools. The mission of Wildhearts Academy states that it is a philosophy for teaching children while building an inclusive, compassionate, and forward-thinking community, using significant figures throughout history and everyday heroes to guide each week’s lessons.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
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