Turbulent wins Rep. Bob Good’s 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Virginia’s Fifth District
Rep. Bob Good has named Anna Rosner, a 12th Grader at Albemarle High School, as the winner of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge in Virginia’s Fifth District.
When asked what inspired the creation of Turbulent, the student said, ”On average, nearly 20 people are physically abused by a partner every minute, adding up to over 10 million people physically abused in a relationship every year. Domestic violence and abuse is an extremely pressing issues. Turbulent was inspired by my participation in a program run by the Shelter for Help in Emergency, Wintersongs. This event promoted awareness of domestic abuse and inspired me to explore and research how I could make a positive impact on this societal problem. I learned that virtually all apps that currently exist for victims of domestic violence charge their users a subscription fee for their services, and I wanted to make an app that could have everything in one place, for free.”
The Congressional App Challenge smashed previous participation records in 2022. All told, 9,011 students registered for this year’s competition – creating 2,707 fully-functioning apps for 335 Members of Congress across 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. This year’s competition set the record for most student registrations, most apps submitted, most apps per district submitted, and most districts receiving over 20 apps. The wildly successful competition continues to impress upon House Members the importance of computer science education and the need to develop a pipeline of diverse, domestic STEM talent.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives, where Members of Congress host contests 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. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and each winning team is invited to showcase their winning app to Congress during our annual #HouseOfCode festival. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from Omidyar Network, AWS, Rise, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2023 Congressional App Challenge will launch in June of 2023, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.