ESHS Senior Agrima Bhutani finished first in Congressman Ted Lieu's Congressional App Challenge for her design of the "Memory Lane" app.
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.
Students from 21 schools in Congressman Lieu’s District entered the competition, winning by creating an app called “Memory Lane”, a comprehensive memory care companion designed for elderly individuals living with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The app addresses three major challenges these patients face: cognitive decline, health management, and safety risks.
In recognizing Agrima for first place, judges believed that this app was unique in concept, had a great design, and showed impressive technical skill.
Judges for the 2025 Congressional App Challenge came from industry and higher education to include:
Marc Fischer, CEO of Dogtown Media
Andrew Forney, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, LMU Seaver College of Science and Engineering
William Goodin, Alumni Advisor to Engineering Student Groups, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Howard Stahl, Department Chair, Santa Monica College Computer Science Information Systems
A full press release, including a link to a video demonstration of Agrima’s app, is available HERE.