Meet the Healthy Teens Team
Experienced Facilitators Who Know How to Connect With Young People
Healthy Teens is led by a team of youth mentors, wellbeing facilitators, personal trainers and specialist coaches who understand how to engage young people in a genuine and respectful way. We work with primary and secondary schools to help students strengthen their confidence, emotional regulation, communication, physical wellbeing and decision making skills. Our facilitators do more than deliver activities. They build relationships, create safe spaces for honest conversations and give students practical strategies they can use at school, at home and in everyday life.
Why Students Connect With Our Team
Young people are more likely to participate, reflect and make positive changes when they feel heard, respected and supported.
Our facilitators communicate clearly, use real examples and maintain high expectations around effort, behaviour and respect.
Students are encouraged to challenge themselves without feeling embarrassed, judged or spoken down to.
This approach helps create sessions that are active, engaging and meaningful
Meet Paapa Kweku
Founder and Head Coach
Paapa Kweku is a youth wellbeing practitioner, keynote speaker, mentor and personal trainer with extensive experience supporting young people across Victorian schools, sporting environments and community programs.
He founded Healthy Teens to help young people develop the confidence, discipline and practical life skills they need to make healthier decisions.
Paapa combines physical activity with honest conversation, reflection and mentoring. His approach helps students explore important topics without feeling judged, embarrassed or spoken down to.
Through school programs, workshops, mentoring and keynote presentations, Paapa supports young people to:
✓ Strengthen emotional regulation
✓ Communicate more respectfully
✓ Build confidence and self worth
✓ Manage pressure, frustration and setbacks
✓ Develop healthier relationships
✓ Understand the consequences of their choices
✓ Set meaningful personal goals
✓ Become more responsible and resilient
Paapa holds a Master of Human Resource Management and brings experience across youth mentoring, personal training, competitive sport, business leadership and school based wellbeing programs.
His strength is his ability to make difficult topics feel understandable, relevant and safe to discuss.
Areas of Expertise
• Youth mentoring and engagement
• Emotional regulation and behaviour support
• Boxing based wellbeing programs
• Strength and conditioning
• Respectful relationships education
• Student motivation and goal setting
• Keynote speaking
• Culturally responsive student engagement
• School gym and sports academy programs
Dirk Ludowyk
Boxing, Kickboxing and Muay Thai Coach
Dirk brings extensive competitive boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai experience to the Healthy Teens team.
Across 37 competitive fights, Dirk achieved 32 wins and earned multiple Victorian, Australian and Commonwealth titles.
His coaching teaches more than striking technique. Dirk helps students understand the discipline, emotional control, resilience and consistent effort required to improve.
His sessions support students to develop safe technique, fitness, coordination, physical confidence, responsibility and respect for coaches and training partners.
Competitive achievements
Boxing record: 20 fights, 17 wins and 3 losses
Two time Victorian Junior Middleweight Champion
Two time Australian Junior Middleweight Champion
Kickboxing and Muay Thai record: 17 fights, 15 wins and 2 losses
Victorian Junior Middleweight Kickboxing Champion
Victorian Welterweight Kickboxing Champion
Australian Junior Middleweight Muay Thai Champion
Commonwealth Junior Middleweight Muay Thai Champion
Sherien Wissa
Youth Program Facilitator
Sherien brings warmth, encouragement and a student centred approach to Healthy Teens programs.
She helps create welcoming environments where young people feel respected, included and confident enough to participate.
Sherien supports students through positive relationship building, inclusive group activities, movement sessions, wellbeing discussions and personal reflection.
Her calm and supportive approach is particularly valuable for students who may initially feel uncertain, self conscious or hesitant to join group activities.
Areas of expertise
Student engagement
Positive relationship building
Confidence and communication
Inclusive group activities
Wellbeing discussions
Supportive movement sessions
Tom Dade
Running and Endurance Coach
Tom supports students to improve their running ability, cardiovascular fitness, discipline and confidence through structured and inclusive training.
He understands that students begin at different fitness levels and creates sessions that allow each participant to experience progress.
Tom helps students develop running technique, pacing, energy management, goal setting and mental resilience.
His approach encourages students to focus on personal improvement rather than comparing themselves with others.
Areas of expertise
Running technique
Cardiovascular endurance
Pacing and energy management
Goal setting
Mental resilience
Fitness testing and measurable improvement
Matt Otten
Personal Trainer and Youth Fitness Coach
Matt delivers engaging fitness sessions that help students build strength, confidence and a more positive relationship with physical activity.
His sessions are structured, encouraging and adaptable for students with different abilities and levels of experience.
Matt focuses on safe technique, consistency, teamwork and personal improvement. He creates an environment where students can challenge themselves while feeling supported.
Areas of expertise
Youth fitness
Strength and conditioning
Safe exercise technique
Teamwork and communication
Healthy training habits
Confidence in physical activity
More Than Great Coaches
Healthy Teens facilitators are selected for more than their sporting or fitness ability.
We look for people who can communicate with young people, build trust, manage groups respectfully and create environments where students feel safe to participate.
Our facilitators are selected based on their:
✓ Experience supporting children or adolescents
✓ Communication and student engagement skills
✓ Professional qualifications and practical expertise
✓ Ability to manage different personalities and behaviours
✓ Alignment with child safety expectations
✓ Ability to work respectfully with diverse school communities
✓ Commitment to positive role modelling
Every facilitator is expected to represent the values of respect, responsibility, inclusion, professionalism and care.
Professional Standards Schools Can Trust
The safety and wellbeing of students remain central to every Healthy Teens program.
Our professional practices include:
Current Working with Children Checks
Relevant industry qualifications
First aid trained facilitators
Public liability and professional indemnity insurance
Risk assessment and incident procedures
Child safe practices
Clear professional boundaries
Appropriate student supervision
Ongoing communication with school staff
Programs adapted to student ability and support needs
Schools can request relevant documentation before a program begins.
The Right Facilitator for Your Students
Every student group is different. Before assigning a facilitator, we consider the students’ age, program objectives, group size, cultural background, physical ability, behaviour needs, gender considerations and school preferences.
Where appropriate, schools can speak with the proposed facilitator before the program begins.
Our goal is not simply to fill a session. It is to place the right person in front of the right students.
Evidence of Student Impact
Healthy Teens uses student surveys, reflections, teacher feedback and participation observations to help schools understand program impact.
Results from student feedback following a recent Healthy Teens secondary school program. Outcomes may vary according to the cohort, program duration and delivery format.
What Schools Say
“Many students who were initially hesitant to participate in physical activities became actively engaged, showing noticeable improvements in both their physical capabilities and their overall attitude towards fitness”
Mark Bennett
Deputy Head of Middle School (Boys)
Haileybury College
“The program had a positive impact, strengthening student confidence, emotional regulation, and responsible decision-making”
Nicole Rietveld
Deputy Principal – Staff and Students
CREST Education
“Healthy Teens built strong relationships with students and created a positive environment with our CALD students.”
Sifa Mireye-Karakoc VACAP Initiative – School Community Liaison Officer
St Georges Road Primary School & Greater Shepparton Secondary College
“Students highlighted feeling supported by trainers and valued the safe environment created, which aligns closely with our school priorities around inclusion and student voice.”
Sam Darvell Wellbeing and Inclusion Administration — Year Level Coordinator
Cranbourne Secondary College
Meet the Right Team for Your School
Tell us about your students, current priorities and the outcomes you want to achieve. We will recommend the most suitable program, delivery format and facilitators for your school.
WATCH US SHINE
Results you can see, confidence you can feel. Let us empower your teens to reach their full potential
