Rep. Gus Bilirakis has named a Lutz student as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Florida’s 12th district. George M. Steinbrenner High School’s Advika Jayanti submitted V-Tip, an app designed to collaboratively tackle mishappenings within the school premises through implicit incident reporting. When asked why they were passionate about creating an app that […]
Rep. Peter DeFazio has named a Cornvallis student as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Oregon’s 4th district. Crescent Valley High School’s Ajay Sridhar submitted Cautios, an app that utilizes public data from the Oregon State Police Sex Offender Registry Section to alert Oregon citizens of local offenders in their area. When asked […]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler has named two Boonville students as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Missouri’s 4th district. Boonville High School’s Koal Lauer and Yhwhshua LaMoore submitted Test Quest, an app designed to encourage students to participate in interactive educational games with their classmates to reinforce what they were taught in class. When […]
Rep. Tim Walberg has named a Chelsea student as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Michigan’s 7th district. Chelsea High School’s Gabby Dougherty submitted G.L.A.M, an app designed to educate the user about Michigan and the Great Lakes in a fun and interactive way. When asked why they were passionate about creating an […]
Rep. Pete Olson has named two Sugar Land students as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Texas’s 22nd district. Stephen F. Austin High School’s Tracy Wei and Raina Parikh submitted SAY: Stories About You, a disaster relief app targeted towards aiding children. When asked why they were passionate about creating an app that […]
Rep. Jim Cooper has named a Brentwood student as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Tennessee’s 5th district. Montgomery Bell Academy’s Tuneer Ghosh submitted MathWhiz, an app designed to sharpen basic arithmetic skills. When asked why they were passionate about creating an app that focuses on enhancing math skills the student replied, “I […]
Rep. Steve Cohen has named two Cordova students as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Tennessee’s 9th district. Faith Heritage Christian Academy’s Jayda Murray and Anaya Murray submitted Safety U, an app designed to enlighten graduating high school girls of the potential dangers on and off-campus college campuses. When asked why they were […]
Rep. Greg Pence has named two Columbus students as the winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Indiana’s 6th district. Columbus North High School’s Rishi Rao and Akshat Verma submitted SchoolPath, an app designed to navigate students paths to class. When asked why they were passionate about creating an app that focuses on classroom navigation […]
WASHINGTON, DC – In the United States, Hispanics and Latinos make up 17% of the nation’s workforce; however, in computer science-related fields, they only represent less than 7% of employees. At major tech companies, they constitute an even smaller portion– 3%– and in the past decade, the number of total Hispanic and Latino employees […]
WASHINGTON, DC – In 2018, the Congressional App Challenge inspired a record-number of Native American students with a participation rate three times higher than Silicon Valley. Intel and other major corporations recognize the need for diversity in technology fields; however, a white-paper published by the company in 2016 found that there is a significant […]
