Our Mission
At Spark Labs our mission is to provide a dynamic and stimulating environment where children of all ages and learning styles can build, create, and innovate. We foster creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills while nurturing a lifelong love of learning.
Through STEAM-based activities, we engage students in hands-on, collaborative learning with a variety of enrichment classes, workshops, camps, and innovative programs.
Meet the Spark Labs Team
Our partners and teachers represent a diverse range of STEAM disciplines—Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Each of our partners brings a unique approach to hands-on learning, inspiring creativity, critical thinking, and innovation. Together, we offer programs that engage students of all ages and interests, helping them discover new passions and develop skills for the future.
Spark Labs
Snapology Grapevine
BrainSTEAM
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Melanie Galaviz
As the founder of Spark Labs, Melanie is dedicated to empowering children of all ages and learning styles to build, create, and innovate. Before entering the educational sector, she spent her career developing future leaders and overseeing multi-unit organizations across North America.
Now, her expertise in fostering growth and creativity provides learners the opportunity to explore their potential and build relationships through hands-on STEAM activities.​
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abrakadoodle
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Mary Lent
Spark Labs is excited to welcome the team at abrakadoodle to our Fall programming. Mary and her team are passionate about providing top quality art programs for our students.
Whether it's Academic Art programs afterschool, homeschool, or when school is out our teachers provide the expertise and experience to make your STEAM experience a success. ​​​​​
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Snapology Grapevine
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Melanie Galaviz
Snapology's mission is to inspire children of all learning types to pursue their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through educational play and hands-on learning from a young age.
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Melanie started Snapology of Grapevine in 2019 after realizing there were no accessible LEGO® and STEM-based programs that combined experienced teachers, real engagement with STEAM concepts, and genuine fun — the ingredients kids need to spark curiosity and build a lasting foundation for learning.​
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BrainSTEAM​
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Steve Carnes | Michael Moan
Kerwin Cormier | Melanie Galaviz
BrainSTEAM is a new organization on a mission to make AI fluency accessible and safe for teens, parents, and adults alike.
Founded by four parents who are experts in their fields, our team teaches a proprietary, real-time curriculum built on safety, ethics, and critical thinking.
Through hands-on classes, students, parents, and educators learn how AI agents actually work and how to design, direct, and use them responsibly — building a personal knowledge base that can be passed down for generations.
Learn More About STEAM in Education
from Leading Experts
Hands-on play builds real skills​
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"Block play builds the spatial language that predicts later math skills, storytelling predicts reading comprehension better than early phonics instruction, and number sense develops at the ice cream counter long before it develops on a worksheet."
Project-based learning expresses knowledge
"Technology helps students not only demonstrate what they've learned but also develop crucial skills along the way, such as collaboration, digital fluency, communication, and self-direction."
AI adds to, not away from learning
"A lot of the worries and concerns we have are mostly based on replacement... But what I see is addition, and what AI could add to students' everyday learning landscape."
