Led by a team of highly experienced and distinguished computer scientists

Juliana Ung

Founder & Director

Juliana graduated from the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Computing (Hons) in Computer Science and minor in Technopreneurship. She was an awardee of the National Infocomm Scholarship by the Infocomm Development Authority (now IMDA). She has professional IT experience at software firms in Stockholm and Singapore specializing in 3D haptics technology, multimedia computing and enterprise systems.

Since 2009, her passion in teaching and love for creative problem solving led her to teach and tutor hundreds of pre-schoolers, primary and secondary school-goers, and university students. In 2012, she founded The Kid Coders and started to conduct coding workshops to students in Singapore.

In 2013, while providing IT consultancy to the government of Rwanda, Juliana experienced first-hand underprivileged communities that could progress much more with quality education and exposure to info-communication science and technology. This experience became a calling and gave her a greater purpose.

Two years later, she took a leap of faith and left her IT career to concentrate on The Kid Coders. Her vision: to empower a new generation of creators, learners and teachers who make the world a better place with technology. She believes this requires providing students with uplifting learning environment and quality teaching, so that students undergo holistic growth in both technical skills and humanistic values.

In 2017, Juliana expanded The Kid Coders with a new leadership and advisory team, and rebranded to LccL Coding Academy.

Prof Leong Hon Wai

Curriculum Advisor

Prof Leong has 30 years experience in researching and teaching computer algorithms and computational thinking. He received his PhD in Computer Science from UIUC and BSc (1st class Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Malaya. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Computing in NUS, where he joined in 1987.

From 1993 to 1997, he was the Division Head for Computer Science. He was also the Curriculum Committee Chair between 1993 to 1995. From 1997 to 1999, he was also involved in the MOE Curriculum Review Committee on the new A-level Computing Syllabus.

As a researcher, Prof Leong's focus is in the design of efficient computer algorithms for solving all kinds of complex problems, ranging from computer circuit design, transport, logistics to biology.

As a teacher, Prof Leong is widely respected for his engaging, passionate and inspiring approach. He specializes in finding simple ways to explain complicated subject matters and loves to integrate computational thinking in his classes. His teaching often emphasizes creative problem solving. He has won numerous teaching awards over the years, including the Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2007/08 from NUS, as well as the inaugural Inspiring Mentor Award given by the NUS Office of Alumni Relations in 2009.

As an evangelist, Prof Leong enjoys spreading the fun of algorithms and computational thinking via outreach activities and lectures, such as MakerFaire Singapore. He is particularly passionate about working with young students. In 1992, he started the Singapore training program for the International Olympiad on Informatics (IOI). He remained the Chairman of the Singapore IOI Committee until 2004. He is also actively involved with the organization of the annual CXA hackathon – a highly popular nationwide coding competition. In 2008, he started CXA junior category for primary school students.

At LccL, he is looking forward to leveraging on his vast experience to contribute to the school's teaching pedagogy as well as curriculum design.