Meg Vyas
Founder, Mindfulness with Meg · North Chelmsford, MA
Meg Vyas is the founder of Mindfulness with Meg, based right here in North Chelmsford — just minutes from our campus. With 17 years of dedicated practice, she has guided thousands of children through transformative yoga and mindfulness experiences across homes, schools, hospitals, and community centers throughout the region.
Meg holds the E-RYT 500, the highest level of adult yoga instruction recognized by Yoga Alliance, alongside the RCYT (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher) designation — a credential specific to teaching young people. She is also a Certified Yoga Therapist and studied directly under Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the physician who pioneered Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical School.
Her curriculum-based approach for children emphasizes self-regulation, balance, and self-awareness — skills that extend far beyond the mat and into how kids handle pressure, focus in class, and relate to others. Meg has taught at Harvard University and Lesley University, and has presented at national conferences on the intersection of yoga and child development. Before founding her wellness practice, she held corporate positions at Gemini Consulting and Fidelity Investments — giving her a unique lens on performance, resilience, and what children genuinely need to thrive.
At SkillSprout America, Meg leads our Monday and Tuesday Movement Intensive sessions, bringing breath-work, body awareness, and calm focus into the start of each week.
Professor Dwire
Lead Instructor, Dragon-Phoenix Martial Arts · Chelmsford, MA
Professor Dwire is the lead instructor at Dragon-Phoenix Martial Arts and Fitness in Chelmsford, MA — one of the area's most respected martial arts academies, serving students from age 4 through adulthood. The school has earned a reputation not only for producing skilled martial artists, but for building extraordinary character in every student it touches.
Specializing in Kempo — a dynamic, hybrid system that blends striking techniques, self-defense principles, footwork, and physical conditioning — Professor Dwire's approach is structured, purposeful, and deeply attentive to where each student is in their development. Under their guidance, Dragon-Phoenix has cultivated a culture of inclusion, discipline, and community, where campers and adults alike discover what they're genuinely capable of.
The program's philosophy goes well beyond the physical: Professor Dwire emphasizes the mental and emotional benefits of martial arts training — focus, emotional control, respect, and the confidence that comes from knowing you can handle challenges. These are precisely the qualities we want every SkillSprout camper to walk away with.
At SkillSprout America, Professor Dwire leads our Wednesday through Friday Self-Defense Movement Intensive sessions — a highlight of the week that campers consistently call their favorite hour of the day.
Jonah Lemieux
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones · Woburn, MA
Jonah Lemieux is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones, one of the most trusted names in personal financial planning in the United States, serving clients from his office in Woburn, MA. His practice centers on helping individuals and families build long-term financial security through personalized strategies in retirement planning, intergenerational wealth transfer, and diversified portfolio management.
What distinguishes Jonah is his ability to make complex financial concepts feel approachable and genuinely actionable — not abstract or intimidating. He works closely with families to align their financial decisions with their life values, treating money not as an end in itself but as a tool for building the kind of life that actually matters.
As SkillSprout America's Guest Financial Lecturer, Jonah bridges the gap between our classroom Money sessions and the real decisions that shape a family's financial future. He introduces campers to concepts like budgeting, saving, investing, and opportunity cost in ways that connect to the camp currency and marketplace activities they experience all week — making abstract lessons suddenly very real.
Outside the office, Jonah enjoys skiing, golfing, hiking, chess, and is a passionate sports enthusiast — a reminder to campers that financial discipline and a full, adventurous life go hand in hand.
Dr. Lorena Franco
Multilingual Educator · Spanish & French Specialist
Dr. Lorena Franco is a multilingual educator and language specialist holding a doctorate in education, with deep expertise in Spanish and French instruction for young learners. Her philosophy is straightforward but powerful: learning a language is not just learning words — it is learning a new way of seeing the world.
Dr. Franco's immersive, communication-first methodology prioritizes authentic expression over memorization. Her classrooms are places where children are invited into real conversation, storytelling, song, and cultural exploration — building genuine fluency and, with it, a natural curiosity about the broader human family. Her academic grounding ensures that every technique she uses is backed by the latest research in language acquisition and cognitive development.
Research consistently shows that early language learning strengthens executive function, cognitive flexibility, problem-solving, and creative thinking — benefits that extend into every academic subject and into life. Dr. Franco brings all of this to our campers in sessions that feel less like class and more like discovery.
At SkillSprout America, Dr. Franco leads our Spanish and French enrichment sessions, weaving vocabulary, conversation, music, and cultural stories into experiences that open young minds to the wider world — and to the immense capability they carry within themselves.