Corey graduated from Raffles Institution and is majoring in History, Asian Studies, and Music at Northwestern University, Chicago. A passionate researcher, Corey was awarded a research grant in his first year, and is a Leopold Fellow at Northwestern, where he is a research assistant in Asian history. Corey’s MOE-NUS HSSR A-level H3 History paper was awarded a ‘Distinction’, and was published in the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Corey has won multiple awards at the John Locke Essay Competition, and has been tutoring students in writing and research since 2021. His students have also gone on to win awards at the John Locke Essay Competition.

Alongside academics, Corey is a musician and singer.