Summary
Our guest this episode is Caroline Gschwend who is the most recent victor of the Congressional App Challenge for District AR 03 with her app “defendUS”. She shares her story of a growing interest in computer science, building the winning app, and the tools that she used to win.
Check out her App: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBe90OEInA
Her Tools: http://stackoverflow.com/ http://www.fotor.com/
Caroline is also an active volunteer with the Community Venture Foundation, whose Executive Director, Jessica Boyd joins as a co-host of this show. Jessica gives an update on the different programs that CVF is running and has on the horizon.
Follow and stay in touch with CVF: www.communityventurefoundation.org https://www.facebook.com/communityventurefoundation/?fref=ts
Host: Michael@startupjunkiespodcast.com
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