Meagan, our Director, has been at Saddleback Children's Center since 2015 where her daughters also attended preschool. It feels like home to her! She loves seeing Jesus work and spreading His love through building relationships with families, children and teachers.

She was born and raised in California. She attended Purdue University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Minor in Psychology. Meagan also met her husband at Purdue and upon graduating they moved out to Chicago where they lived for almost five years. One year before moving back to California, God surprised them with two blessings, twin girls. Meagan began her career in banking, but from the moment her children were brought into her life she has since been inspired to work with children as a profession as she is continually amazed at the world through the eyes of a child. 

Meagan went back to school to obtain an Associate of Science in Child Development from Saddleback College and currently holds a California Child Development Teaching Permit as a Program Director. Meagan enjoys volunteering in her daughters' Sunday School classroom, spending time with her family, outdoors, hiking, yoga, drawing and just laughing.

This is Ms. Melissa’s second year working at Saddleback Children’s Center and she is thrilled to be working with the Jumpstart Program.  She received her Bachelor of Arts in Human Development at the University of California San Diego.  She has dedicated her life to working with children and families in a variety of settings.  She worked for the AmeriCorps, the Regional Center of Orange County and a several non-profits working with disabled children and their families.  She was also a swim coach and taught swimming lessons and truly loves being on, near and around the water.  She and her husband met in college, and have three kind, funny daughters who keep them busy.  When her oldest began preschool, she began volunteering in the classroom and found a passion for teaching young children.  Ms. Melissa feels that teaching young children is a gift and a blessing.  She is honored to be your children’s first teacher and so thankful that she was called to SCC!  She has worked as an Outdoor Teacher, a 3 and 4 year program teacher.  Ms. Melissa is currently taking Early Childhood Education classes to receive her AA in Child Development.

Ms. Melissa enjoys reading and children’s literature and attending concerts and music festivals with her husband.  (Pre-covid, we miss live music so much!)  On the weekends you can find her and her family at the beach Kayaking and paddle boarding.  She and her family love camping and spend most summers camping in Mammoth, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite. 

This is Mister Fran's second year working at Saddleback Children's Center. He is incredibly happy to be the Blue Room teacher. He has worked in the field of Early Child Education for ten years. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and received an AA in Early Childhood Education from Los Angeles City College. Mister Fran first began working with preschool age children when he worked at a Christian daycare in 2005. Since then, he has grown to learn from children, seeing them as individuals. He sees early child education as being intentional - observing, planning and guiding.

Mister Fran enjoys spending time with his family and friends, reading, going to concerts, traveling, going to baseball games, going on hikes and grilling outside.