Foodwise wins Rep. Josh Harder’s (CA-10) 2020 Congressional App Challenge

Rep. Josh Harder has named Sufia Birmingham, Nathaniel Haynam, Matthew Haynam, and Lilyane Stessman from Turlock High School as the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in (CA-10).

When asked what inspired the creation of Foodwise, the students said, “We were inspired from a scientific point of view, and a desire to promote individual actions. We hope to make others aware of their amount of food waste and to help contribute to global awareness of how individual actions can help save the Earth for future generations to come.”

Over 6,500 students registered for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge. These students created and submitted 3,088 functioning apps, marking the end of an extremely successful Congressional App Challenge amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All told, 308 Members of Congress hosted Congressional App Challenges in their districts across 49 states, Puerto Rico, the Mariana Islands, and Washington, DC.

The CAC is an initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host competitions in their districts for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science. The Internet Education Foundation provides the CAC with supplemental support. In the six years of the Congressional App Challenge, thousands of functional apps have been created by over 30,000 students, and participant demographics surpass all industry diversity metrics.