RELEASE: Congresswoman Friedman Announces Winner of 2025 Congressional App Challenge – SyncRide
Andrew Oh, Hannah Lee, Ginna Kim, and Aaron Kim
RELEASE: Congresswoman Friedman Announces Winner of 2025 Congressional App Challenge – SyncRide
Andrew Oh, Hannah Lee, Ginna Kim, and Aaron Kim
Above: Logo of the winning app SyncRide.
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA — Today, December 22, 2025, U.S. Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30) announced the 1st place winner and runners-up for the 2025 Congressional App Challenge. The Congressional App Challenge is an annual contest that encourages middle and high school students to design, code, and present a mobile or desktop app on any theme or topic.
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge winner is a mobile app called SyncRide, created by high school students Andrew Oh, Hannah Lee, Ginna Kim, and Aaron Kim who represent Crescenta Valley High School, Village Christian School, The Peddie School, and Loyola High School. Inspired by the inconvenience of being able to find affordable and efficient rideshares, they coded an app that helps users plan rides with friends or even strangers who are going towards the same event or locations – with the aim of saving time, money, and the environment.
“We had so many wonderful submissions this year but all of them had one thing in common — the students that created each app wanted to find a way to better their community,” said Representative Laura Friedman (CA-30). “Thank you to all of the students that participated. Each of you make this district very proud, and you’ve reminded us that the future of helpful technology is in very good hands.”
The winner of the Congressional App Challenge from each district will be featured on Congressional App Challenge and House.gov website. In the spring, the winning team will be invited to the prestigious #HouseofCode event on Capitol Hill, where they will have the chance to present their apps to Members of Congress.
Friedman announced the 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention winners:
- Second-place winner: EatGreen, by Priscilla Ho
- Third-place winner: FixMyBlock, by Vladimir Hovhannisyan
- Honorable Mention: Crystal, by David Hadi
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