{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://rubengallego.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-gallego-announces-2017-congressional-app-challenge-winners", "Rep. Gallego Announces 2017 Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Ruben Gallego", "G000574", "rubengallego.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "From left: Niyonkuru Pamphile, Edgar Alvarez, and Jesus Hernandez\nWASHINGTON, DC \u00ad\u2013\u00a0Today, Congressman Ruben Gallego recognized three students from Arizona\u2019s 7th\u00a0Congressional district as winners of this year\u2019s Congressional App Challenge \u2013 a competition that encourages high school students from across the United States to create their own mobile applications.\nMetro Tech High School seniors Edgar Alvarez, Jesus Hernandez, and Niyonkuru Pamphile won first place for their app, titled \u201cAmerican Trivia.\u201d\n\u201cAmerican Trivia\u201d will be displayed on the Congressional App Challenge website and will be exhibited on a digital display in the Capitol Building for a year.\nThe students created the app as a part of a Game and App Development Class, a Career and Technical Education class offered in the Phoenix Union High School District. The students designed the functional, fun and user-friendly app using JavaScript in Code.org\u2019s App Lab.\n\u201cI want to congratulate Edgar, Jesus and Nyonkuru, the winners of this year\u2019s Congressional App Challenge,\u201d\u00a0said Rep. Ruben Gallego.\u00a0\u201cCoding takes creativity and hard work, and I was thoroughly impressed by the entries submitted by the talented students in our district. These students have a bright future ahead of them, and will help create the technology that will change our world.\u201d\n\u201cThese three young men will be successful in any career they choose,\u201d\u00a0said teacher Chad Renning. \u201cThey all have a desire to learn, are self-motivated and work hard \u2013 not to mention they are extremely smart. I can\u2019t wait to see what else they create.\u201d\nThe winners were chosen by a team of judges selected from throughout Arizona\u2019s 7th\u00a0Congressional district. The judges included:\nDaniel G. Cartagena, Senior System Engineer, Intel\nJuana Maes, Manufacturing Engineer, GKN Aerospae and Secretary of the Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE)\nMaira Garcia, Systems Engineer, Honeywell Aerospace and President of SHPE, Phoenix Chapter\nDiana Vowels, General Manager, Galvanize, Phoenix\nThe annual Congressional App Challenge highlights the value of computer science and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. This was the first year that students from Arizona\u2019s 7th\u00a0Congressional district submitted entries to the competition.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://rubengallego.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-gallego-announces-2017-congressional-app-challenge-winners"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.521682996302843, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}