“I am growing up in LA, I have always been aware of the dangers of forest fires that live in southern California,” said Marina Lee, a 21 -year -old computer science student at the University of Southern California. Businessman. “But immediately came home when my grandmother found herself in the evacuation areas during the recent LA Wild Fire in January – she called me because she received a warning of evacuation on her phone.”
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Lee remembers that the situation is not sure what to pack, where to go and how to stay updated. Realizing that many other people are probably facing the same confusion and fear, he decided to create an app to solve the problem: withdrawal.
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Lee’s withdrawal helps users to develop emergency checklists of essential items, upload copies of important documents through their iPhone camera roll and import emergency contacts through their iPhone contacts. The app also allows users to monitor air quality levels and keep the first aid kit together.
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It took about a month to prepare the app and submit it to Apple Swift Student ChallengeA competition that invites students around the world to enter the playground of its original app made with Apple’s fast coding language.
Lee notes that most students begin to prepare their requests months ago, so the deadline “felt a bit tight,” Lee noted. However, she was ready to arrive at the occasion, she started her coding journey at middle school and completed several projects in the years after that.
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She says that as a “very creative” person, Lee first focused on the app design and setting. Then he turned his attention to practical qualities. Lee sought feedback with friends and family when she worked on the evacuation, and the “very cooperative process” allowed her to engage with her target audience and understand how she would interact with the app.
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“I definitely look forward to meeting the Swift Students’ Challenge Winners (in the WWDC).”
Of this year’s 350 winning submissions, Lee was invited as one of the 50 prominent winners to attend the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in Apple Park. The 2025 conference, which takes place personally and online until June 9-13, begins with the keynote address of CEO Tim Cook and will showcase the company’s new technology and software.
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“I’m definitely looking forward to meeting Swift Students from all over the world, the challenge of winners (in WWDC) and in general,” said Lee. “During my years of involvement in the Hikathon community, I was a lasting friendship with students all over the world, but only throughout the world. So attending this conference will really bring this experience personally. “
Lee is currently interrupting as a Front and Engineer in Amazon in Seattle, Washington. She says that the role focuses on the web design and the construction of the user interface, like the process, like coding, gives her the opportunity to be creative. She hopes to advance the same task that allows her to integrate her passion for creativity, art and coding after graduating from college.
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Lee says other young people who want to learn how to get engineering career and potentially learn how to participate in hackers, 24-48 hours of events where students cooperate with projects and participate in workshops. Lee misses the first intimidation, but this experience laid the foundation for the foundation where he is now.
“I met some new friends with whom I still stay in touch,” says Lee. “(Experience) allowed me to learn more about coding and to join more in the Hikathhon community. I started to arrange something (Hikathon) myself and began to guide the other in Hikathon. This is a good first step in coding and really allows you to join the community.”
“I am growing up in LA, I have always been aware of the dangers of forest fires that live in southern California,” said Marina Lee, a 21 -year -old computer science student at the University of Southern California. Businessman. “But immediately came home when my grandmother found herself in the evacuation areas during the recent LA Wild Fire in January – she called me because she received a warning of evacuation on her phone.”
Image Credit: Courtesy Apple. Marina Lee.
Lee remembers that the situation is not sure what to pack, where to go and how to stay updated. Realizing that many other people are probably facing the same confusion and fear, he decided to create an app to solve the problem: withdrawal.
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