WASHINGTON, D.C. (WITN) – Three high schoolers from Eastern Carolina showcased their winning app at the Capitol this week.
Congressman Don Davis invited the 2025 Congressional App Challenge winners to attend the annual House of Code Conference in Washington, D.C.
Aaron Snyder, Ava Edmonds, and Layla Salem of Martin County High School developed PositivePathways, an app designed to support social and mental health.
It includes interactive games like coloring exercises, puzzles, and positive affirmations to help users manage anxiety, depression, and OCD.
Snyder and Edmonds went to Washington with their school’s media coordinator, Libby Grimes, who helped guide them through the project.
The team finished the app in just two and a half weeks, using JavaScript to make it available on the web, iOS, and Android.
“I am tremendously proud to announce these remarkable students as the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for North Carolina’s First District,” said Davis. “PositivePathways is an inspiring example of how young innovators can work together to use technology to make a real difference.”
The Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide competition that encourages students to learn coding and computer science by creating their own apps.
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