Scott Levenson
Managing Partner scott@thecodingspace.com
Scott is the Managing Partner of Private Prep, a premier education company providing one-on- one tutoring, test prep and college admissions services. Scott’s experiences in education began during his high school years where he helped struggling elementary school students from low-income neighborhoods with their schoolwork. After graduating with a B.A in Political Science from Emory University, Scott moved back to Washington DC to work as an analyst at MCG Capital and mentored inner-city high school seniors as part of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund program. Scott also holds an MBA from Emory, where he graduated with honors. |
Nicole Kelner
Co-founder and Director of Marketing nicole@thecodingspace.com
Nicole developed a passion for empowering young women to be leaders in the world of STEAM after her first company SmartPurse was acquired by BetaBrand. She was the winner of the Alibaba Women Empowerment Award, a finalist for Shark Tank, and a writer for The Huffington Post. Nicole has worked at Popexpert, an education startup in San Francisco. In her free time, she leads Lemonaid, a community for women focused on mental health & human rights. |
Maddy Carter
Director of Curriculum & Operations A graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication, Maddy has always been interested in the ways we use language to convey ideas and connect with each other. This interest has led her to experiences that range from studying Spanish in Madrid, to writing grant proposals in NYC, to building websites for local businesses, to crafting songs on her guitar in her living room.
Maddy sees learning to code as yet another way to use language to express ourselves, collaborate, and continuously create. |
Ofelia Canals
Director of Client Services ofelia@thecodingspace.com
Ofelia started her career in education ten years ago, as a Spanish teacher for Teach For America in Connecticut. It was there, that she found her passion for giving all students a space to develop and use their individual talents and voices. For the last six years, she's worked as Private Prep's Recruitment Director, to ensure that students have the right guides to help them reach their full potential. She's excited to be able to take part in ensuring that The Coding Space delivers the highest quality service to our clients, and that our students have a space to be who they are, while stretching their creativity through their code. |
Steve Feldman
Co-Owner As Founder and Managing Partner of Private Prep, Steve oversees all client services and supports Private Prep’s strategic growth into new geographic markets and additional services. Since founding Private Prep in 2006, the company has become recognized as one of the leading personalized education services in the country. Steve passion to help students build confidence and character while teaching content aligns beautifully with The Coding Space's approach to working with students.
In addition to a MA in education from the Steinhardt School at New York University, Steve brings over 20 years of tutoring and a deep love of learning and connecting with students. |
Eli Kariv
Co-founder Eli fell in love with technology when he started his own web development company, CrossedClouds, in college. Eli was president of Innoblue, the community for entrepreneurs at Penn State, and spread his passion for technology and startups with 4,000 of his classmates through hackathons, workshops and dozens of educational events.
Eli was a part of the user acquisition team at Mozilla Firefox in San Francisco, and worked at Remind.com. |
Steve Krouse
Co-founder Steve studied Computer Science at The University of Pennsylvania. There, he was a TA for Computer Science classes and held coding workshops for high school and college students.
Steve worked as a Software Engineer at First Round Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm, and Looker Data Sciences in Silicon Valley. |