Learn to Grow wins Rep. Mark Takano’s (CA-41) 2020 Congressional App Challenge
Rep. Mark Takano has named Chloe Lin from Eleanor Roosevelt High School as the winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge in (CA-41).
When asked what inspired the creation of Learn to Grow, the students said, “I was inspired to create this program after seeing my peers disinterested in math. I believe that this disinterest is due to a bad introduction to math at a young age, so I decided that I would take matters into my own hands and bring young audiences into enjoying math.”
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.