Qubit by Qubit is the quantum initiative of The Coding School, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to training the future workforce in emerging technologies. To date Qubit by Qubit has trained over 20,000 K-16 students and members of the workforce in quantum computing education in 125 countries and all 50 states. To ensure our programming is of the highest quality, our Academic Board of Advisors is composed of leading expert quantum scientists, and we are partnered with top tier universities and tech companies including University of Maryland, Caltech, IBM and Microsoft.
Kiera Peltz is on a mission to prepare the next generation for the future of work. She began learning how to code while working at the White House on the Innovation and Technology team and has been passionate about equitable computer science education ever since. With a background in policy, workforce development, and research, Kiera believes computer science education is critical for everyone, not just those planning on entering STEM fields, and is committed to ensuring every individual has access to high quality, accessible technical training. Kiera has been named a 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Leader in Social Impact. She is the lead PI on a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense NDEP and is on the advisory board for the NSF-funded QuSTEAM. She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and holds two master degrees from the University of Cambridge, where she graduated with Distinction, and from Tsinghua University. She is a Gates-Cambridge and Schwarzman Scholar.
Director, UT Austin's Quantum
Information Center
Assistant Professor of ECE, UCLA Quantum
Biology Tech
(QuBiT) Lab
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Dartmouth University
Director, UWaterloo Institute for
Quantum Computing (IQC)
Physicist, CalTech's Institute for Quantum
Information
and Matter (IQIM)
Director, UC Berkeley's Quantum
Computation Center
(BQIC)
Director, MIT's Center for Quantum
Engineering