Meet The 2023 Apple Swift Student Challenge Winners
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Apple’s WWDC conference has come and gone, highlighted by major, potentially game changing hardware announcements like the Apple Vision Pro AR/VR headset. While the products drive consumer interest in the company’s annual event, WWDC is an even deeper experience for developers, and the celebration of the next generation of coders remains a key element of both the WWDC itself and the expansion of diversity and opportunity within software development at large. This year’s Swift Student Challenge winners reflect that spirit with a passion for carrying those missions forward.
Rebecca Wang, 17, entered her first hackathon a few years ago with no coding experience and now finds herself as a driving force in addressing the tech world’s gender gap. Her submission, Dare To Dream, is an app focused on highlighting the women whose work in computer science and development remains formative in the industry’s evolving world. She continues that work with Hydra Hacks, her own hackathon specifically organized for coders of marginalized genders, and her work as a youth advisor to the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.