About Us
Koala Koders started in May of 2022. Our goal is to provide free coding education to kids and teens around the Vancouver area. Through Koala Koders, students will learn about fundamental coding concepts, how to create their own projects, and more, all while having fun doing so!
Our Team
All of the courses that we currently run are fully volunteer-led. Everyone who’s involved in teaching these courses have extensive backgrounds in teaching, robotics and computer science. Our goal is to share our knowledge to the community and to enrich students' education. Elementary schools in our area may not put enough emphasis on STEM education. Our team wants to change how students view STEM from a “boring” and “nerdy” subject, to a fun activity that they can share with the people around them!
Nicole Zhang
Nicole is one of the co-founders of Koala Kode. She has extensive experience in teaching computer science, specializing in teaching web development, python, and scratch. Nicole currently works at Under the GUI Academy and Thinkland.AI as an instructor teaching a wide variety of coding courses. In addition, she volunteers at School Simplified, a worldwide organization focusing on delivering free education, as an International Club President as well as a Manager of Events. Through these positions, Nicole honed her skills in management as well as human resources.
Daniel Kim
Daniel is one of the co-founders of Koala Kode. He currently works at Steamoji as a curriculum developer and learning facilitator, where he teaches core STEM skills and uses different STEM kits such as Lego robotics and VR robotics to develop curriculum for Steamoji’s younger students. He has achieved high awards with math and computer science contests, such as the Euclid, COMC, CCC, and USACO. Furthermore, he is currently a concurrent studies (dual enrollment) student at SFU, taking courses in computer science and mathematics.