Wildhearts Academy
Chesapeake Children's Museum, 25 Silopanna Rd, Annapolis, MD 21409
About
Wildhearts Academy offers onsite camps and enrichment programs that include youth arts programs and art classes. Children take part in Immersive Spanish, Visual Arts, Yoga, Music, and Social Emotional Learning activities as part of the program’s offerings.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Wildhearts Academy describes its approach as using Arts Integration, Wellness Habits, and Nature Based curriculum, with weekly themes guided by significant figures throughout history and everyday heroes. The program states that its core tenets are wellness, art, inclusivity, and connection to the natural world. Content-rich lesson packets are available for purchase in the Wildhearts Academy store, and these packets are described as being created for young learners in pre-K and kindergarten and easily modified for elementary and secondary children. The program also offers free content, real mom moments, and activities on its blog.
The leadership team includes Founder Laura Brino; Founder and Nature Teacher Stephanie Smith; Immersive Spanish and Visual Arts Teacher Glory Paredes; Visual Arts Integration Teacher Stephanie Pollock; and Yoga, Music, and Social Emotional Learning Teacher Jeanette Lynn. Laura is a freelance artist and singer/songwriter who studied illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art and Art Education at Towson University, is the 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, and has released four albums under her name and her band Lily and the Pearl. 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, and holds an SL Certification for grades K–12, and she has written Library Media curriculum for her school district for 9 years. Glory Paredes is a bilingual visual artist and teacher who studied at the House of Culture of El Salvador and at the Center of Technical Studies and Computing (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, and currently works by commission and collaborates with local community organizations and schools, including Maryland Hall, Marshall Learning Center, and Annapolis elementary schools. Stephanie Pollock has been teaching pre-K through 5th grade elementary art for 15 years and holds a Master’s in Art Education from Towson University.
Last updated January 24, 2026.
• Ages: 3–13 years old
Wildhearts Academy describes its approach as using Arts Integration, Wellness Habits, and Nature Based curriculum, with weekly themes guided by significant figures throughout history and everyday heroes. The program states that its core tenets are wellness, art, inclusivity, and connection to the natural world. Content-rich lesson packets are available for purchase in the Wildhearts Academy store, and these packets are described as being created for young learners in pre-K and kindergarten and easily modified for elementary and secondary children. The program also offers free content, real mom moments, and activities on its blog.
The leadership team includes Founder Laura Brino; Founder and Nature Teacher Stephanie Smith; Immersive Spanish and Visual Arts Teacher Glory Paredes; Visual Arts Integration Teacher Stephanie Pollock; and Yoga, Music, and Social Emotional Learning Teacher Jeanette Lynn. Laura is a freelance artist and singer/songwriter who studied illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art and Art Education at Towson University, is the 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, and has released four albums under her name and her band Lily and the Pearl. 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, and holds an SL Certification for grades K–12, and she has written Library Media curriculum for her school district for 9 years. Glory Paredes is a bilingual visual artist and teacher who studied at the House of Culture of El Salvador and at the Center of Technical Studies and Computing (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, and currently works by commission and collaborates with local community organizations and schools, including Maryland Hall, Marshall Learning Center, and Annapolis elementary schools. Stephanie Pollock has been teaching pre-K through 5th grade elementary art for 15 years and holds a Master’s in Art Education from Towson University.
Last updated January 24, 2026.
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