Coding Classes
Our program offers free block based coding classes and Python.
Math Tutorials
Free one on one math tutoring for children and young adults.
computer Literacy
We provide a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to professional.
Partner Organizations
Toucan Coders partner with domestic and international organizations to bring robotics, coding and computer skills to communities that they serve. Toucan coders establishes age appropriate programs and provides live group classes with our instructors.
Norquest College
Toucan Coders provides robotics and coding classes to the indigenous population of Canada thru Norquest College. Visit Norquest College.
Pathlight Organization
Toucan coders is pleased to partner with Pathlight International to provide robotics training and coding classes to Belize, Central America. Working with teachers in Belize, Toucan Coders provide weekly 2 hour trainings, to teachers and high school students.
Black Girls Do Engineer
Toucan Coders has partnered with Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation to provide robotics training and coding classes. Black Girls Do Engineer is passionate about developing girls and young women, ages 9 to 21, in all areas of STEM. The organization's goal is to provide access, awareness, and advocate for two million Black-American girls to pursue STEM careers by the year 2050. The organization will also provide mentoring, personal growth regiments, STEM projects and activities, STEM challenges, and guidance on career paths based on insight from professionals that are leaders in the STEM industry. Black Girls Do Engineer.
Eight Million Stories (8MS)
Toucan Coders is proud to partnered with Eight Million Stories (8MS), a Non-Profit Organization who's mission is to transform the lives of vulnerable youth (12-21 years old) through education, skills training, employment and authentic relationships. Eight Million Stories (8MS)
Make Donation
Want to join our efforts but not sure where to start? Make a Donation and take advantage of this incredible opportunity to lend your support. It’s a great way to contribute to our cause, and every little bit counts towards paving the path for a better tomorrow. Get in touch with us today for more details about how you can help.
Help & Love
Our organization appreciates the generosity and involvement of people like you, with every contribution going towards making Toucan Coders an even better Non-Profit Organization. We want to provide you with the correct and appropriate information pertaining to your mode of support, so don’t hesitate to contact us with your questions.
Volunteer
This is one of the simplest way to help out our cause. We believe the best way for our initiatives to be successful is for the community to actively get involved. This is an easy and efficient way of contributing to the great work we do at Toucan Coders. Get in touch with any questions about how you can Volunteer Your Time today.
Our Leadership
Our leadership team members come from a diverse background to provide not only a domestic, but an international effort to promote STEM and bridge the gap that exists in technology and science among underprivileged and indigenous groups.
Brittany Leslie
FounderBrittany Leslie is a rising junior studying Biomolecular Science at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is passionate about cancer nanomedicine research and STEM. Her passion in nanotechnology is also coupled with her growing interest in the field of computer science. Having won several national and state awards in computer science and seeing the underlying gap that exists in technology, she founded Toucan Coders, a non-profit organization that focuses on teaching students coding across the world.
Diego Licona
Outreach DirectorComing from the border city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Diego is a junior double-majoring in Chemistry and Gender & Sexuality Studies. He started his college studies at a university in Monterrey, Mexico, where he served as vice-president of a sexual and reproductive health group aimed to demystify misconceptions about sexuality in highly conservative environments, and in 2017, he served as a clinical volunteer at a United Nations refugee settlement in Zambia working on HIV/AIDS prevention. In 2019, Diego transferred to NYU persevering through immigration and financial challenges of a foreign student, and he continue to contribute his skills to those less fortunate.
Chela Wallace
STEM AdvocateChéla S. Wallace is a STEM advocate that resides in NYC. Chela is also the Director of K-12 Science for KIPP NYC. Her mission is to empower the next generation of creators, thinkers, explorers and innovators who will shift the world.
Hayden Leslie
Director of Student Learning & ExperienceHayden Leslie is currently a sophmore in High School. He is also 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan, a varsity swimmer, and an avid gamer. Hayden serves as the director of student experience and learning. He interacts with students on a weekly basis, after classes, to obtain feedback and suggestions.
Global Initiative
Toucan coders is pleased to partner with Pathlight International to provide robotics training and coding classes to Belize, Central America. Working with teachers in Belize, Toucan Coders provide weekly 2 hour trainings, to teachers and high school students.
Belize
Although Mexico rises as a Global Hub for Innovation in the major cities, those in rural areas are still lacking the knowledge and resources needed to stay competitive. Toucan Coders is in the progress to provide robotics and coding classes to the people in rural areas of Mexico.
Mexico
Toucan Coders is proud to provide robotics and coding classes to the indigenous population of Canada thru Norquest College. In the 2016 census, 1,673,785 people in Canada identified as Indigenous, making up only 4.9 percent of the national population.
Canada
Students and Adults in the rural areas of Guatemala are lacking the basic computer skills needed to become competitive in the global market. Toucan Coders is in the progress of providing robotics and coding classes to the people in those rural areas of Guatemala.
