Briefing
Students eligible for federal, state, and nonprofit aid routinely never find it — eligibility rules are scattered across dozens of programs.
On track
- Built an MVP in 36 hours matching students to aid programs across 20+ eligibility criteria.
- Implemented the matching engine with Vite + React, Firebase auth and real-time DB, and Gemini AI for semantic search across aid programs.
Result
Won Best Beginner Hack and got featured at Santa Cruz Works' 2025 Summer Rooftop Mixer as one of five hackathon projects with startup potential — the first race win.