Patrice Wade (She/Her)

Patrice Wade (she/her) has been teaching technology at Guilford Preparatory Academy, a K–8 Title I public charter school in Greensboro, North Carolina, for nearly four years. She is a nationally recognized Technology Educator, the 2024–2025 CS Teaching Excellence Award Winner, and the 2025 Guilford Preparatory Academy Teacher of the Year. Patrice also serves as the school’s Director of Technology, where she equips students with future-ready skills in computer science, coding, robotics, virtual reality, drones, esports, digital technology, typing, and hands-on engineering with LEGO. She leads Girls Who Code to expand opportunities for student creativity, leadership, and innovation.

Patrice is an Amazon Future Engineer Teacher Ambassador, Common Sense Ambassador, Everfi Champion, Apple Certified Educator, Google Certified Educator, and North Carolina Teaching Fellow. Recently named a 2025–26 EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellow and a 2025 NC Learning Happens Here Ambassador, she is pursuing her Master of Arts in Teaching in Special Education and Technology at North Carolina A&T State University. Her mission is to leave every child better than she found them.