Fourteen-year-old Julian Miramontes from Los Angeles has earned national recognition for creating a mobile app designed to help immigrants understand their legal rights. An eighth grader at El Sereno Middle School, Miramontes developed the Know Your Rights app after witnessing fear and uncertainty in his community linked to immigration enforcement. The app explains key constitutional protections and uses short quizzes to make complex legal concepts easier to understand. His project won the Congressional App Challenge in California’s 34th Congressional District.
Julian Miramontes is a middle school student from the El Sereno neighbourhood of Los Angeles with an early interest in technology and coding. He developed his skills through school-based STEM programmes and is described by teachers and family members as curious and community-minded. Rather than focusing on competition, his work reflects an effort to use technology to respond to real-life issues affecting people around him.
