The CAC Team

Rep. Dave Min has named Jiarui Li of Orange County School of the Arts as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in California’s 47th District. Their app ReadWell offers a dyslexia-friendly reading experience with fully customizable visual settings, including adjustable font sizes ranging from 14 to 32 points, variable line spacing up to […]

Rep. Robert Menendez has named Sarah Ji of McNair Academic High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in New Jersey’s Eighth District. Their app GreenAI provides tools for users to reduce their carbon footprints in three categories: appliances, food, and transportation.

Rep. Lois Frankel has named Yuting Mia Ding of American Heritage School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Florida’s 22nd District. Their app BinGo! is a gamified recycling tool that makes waste sorting engaging and educational.

Rep. Al Green has named Adel Sisy of InspiredK.org as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Texas’s Ninth District. Their app Delta Protein Atlas is a comprehensive computational biology project mapping human genetic diseases to the proteins and mutations that cause them.

Rep. Michael Lawler has named Aadhya Vijil of Horace Greeley High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in New York’s 17th District. Their app Mol-Detox uses a machine learning model to predict whether a molecule is likely to be toxic or not, and then redesigns the molecule to eliminate its toxicity.

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán has named Sade Lopez of Narbonne High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in California’s 44th District. Their app Communication Board is designed to support individuals with speech or language impairments by providing a digital communication board.

Rep. Richard Hudson has named Finn Outwater of Eno River Academy as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in North Carolina’s Ninth District. Their app Farmly makes it easy for users to discover local farms in their area where they can enjoy authentic experiences and purchase fresh produce conveniently while minimizing their carbon […]

Rep. Bryan Steil has named Sonakshi Giri of Franklin High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Wisconsin’s First District. Their app RightRide estimates a user’s blood alcohol (BAC) content based on age, sex, weight, and drinking activity using data from the World Health Organization and information from producers of alcoholic […]

Rep. John McGuire has named Kate Reilly of St. Anne’s-Belfield School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Virginia’s Fifth District. Their app Club Hub tracks club activity and helps with scheduling for all the clubs at their school.

Rep. Kevin Hern has named Talha Asif of Jenks High School as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Oklahoma’s First District. Their app Profit Pro is a comprehensive web-based financial literacy platform designed to empower youth and underserved communities with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to take control of their financial futures.