Corey Wade

Corey Wade, MS Mathematics, MFA Writing & Consciousness, developed Berkeley Coding Academy to bring Python, Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI to a larger audience. During the school year, Corey teaches Math and Programming at the Independent Study Program of Berkeley High School where has worked since 2004. Corey has published iPhone apps with students, designed classes to build websites, and run after-school coding programs to support girls and underserved students. A Springboard Data Science graduate, Corey has worked in industry developing Data Science curricula for Pathstream and Hello World. A multiple grant award winner, lead author of The Python Workshop(2019, 2022), author of Hands-on Gradient Boosting with XGBoost and Scikit-learn(2020), Corey’s passion in education comes from teaching advanced technical concepts to empower students of all ages. When not coding or teaching, Corey reads poetry and studies the stars.