Saanika Dutta
Winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Illinois’ 1st District (IL-01) with “Bias Lite” — listed on the official 2025 winners page and echoed in public posts by Congressman Jonathan Jackson.
What they built
Saanika Dutta built Bias-Lite — a web-based AI tool that detects and visualizes gendered and stereotyped language in job descriptions and documents using machine-learning embeddings and classification models. The tool flags biased phrasing and provides data-driven rewrite suggestions to help organizations produce more inclusive job postings and communications. She developed the project independently as a high school junior and won the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for District IL-01, recognized by U.S. Congressman Jonathan Jackson for technical innovation and social impact.
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Verified track record
- 2025 Congressional App Challenge District Winner (IL-01) — recognized by U.S. Congressman Jonathan Jackson; U-High post: Official CAC winner page: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/25-IL01/ U-High Midway mention: https://uhighmidway.com/21661/news/class-of-2027-elects-student-representatives/ [PictureURL Finder] Update (2026-04-25): - CAC winner page did not expose a usable portrait/headshot image URL in extracted content. - Related U-High recognition images appear to be on LinkedIn/Instagram; these do not expose stable public direct image URLs reliably via extraction. Result: PictureURL not updated; recommended manual is to upload/attach a permitted headshot or copy a stable image address from an official school/award page. (source)