Progress Tracker wins Rep. Shomari Figures’ 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Alabama’s Second District
Rep. Shomari Figures has named Kim Ha Anh Tran and Anton Yang of Montgomery Academy as the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Alabama’s Second District. Their app Progress Tracker is a web-based Kanban-style task management application.
When asked what inspired the creation of Progress Tracker, the students said, “We were inspired by the need for a simple, visual, and intuitive tool to organize school projects and personal tasks. Existing project management tools were often too complex or required a paid subscription. We wanted to create a clean, fast, and accessible app that focuses on the core Kanban methodology to help students and individuals improve their productivity.”
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge marked another record-setting year for the program. A total of 394 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted App Challenges in their congressional districts, the highest level of participation in the program’s history. More than 13,800 students from across the country participated, submitting over 4,600 original apps focused on real-world challenges ranging from health and accessibility to education, sustainability, and civic engagement.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives that encourages middle school and high school students to learn to code, explore computer science, and build practical technology solutions for their communities. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and winning teams are invited to showcase their projects to Members of Congress, staff, and industry leaders at the annual #HouseOfCode celebration on Capitol Hill.
The Challenge is proudly bipartisan and reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to STEM education and preparing the next generation of American innovators for the future workforce. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from the Broadcom Foundation, AWS, Infosys Foundation USA, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2026 Congressional App Challenge will launch in May, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.