Technovation Girls

Technovation is a global nonprofit with a program where girls ages 8-18 identify a community problem, design an app-based tech solution, and virtually pitch their ideas in a global competition. Technovation provides a free curriculum and training for local organizations and volunteers who run the program on the ground in their community. 

Technovation officially partnered with Merced City School District for the 2024-2025 school year. MCSD teacher Ms. Audrey Ostreicher, led the program and established weekly meetings from November-April. At these meetings, students explored different problems, learned coding and AI skills, and designed app solutions. About 15-18 students attended on a weekly basis, and 4 teams submitted to the competition. 

Team Clean Cuisine designed an app that suggests recipes based on different dietary restrictions and allows the user to create and catalog their own recipes. Their pitch video and technical video are featured below. They were selected to be global semifinalists, an honor that is reserved for the top 13% of teams globally. This year Technovation received over 3,000 submissions. Clean Cuisine was one of only 6 beginner-division teams selected in the U.S. See all semifinalists here. Well done!