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Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew announced Ryan Johnson's application (app), "Circadian", as the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for the 2nd District of New Jersey. This challenge invites middle and high school students across the nation to develop and submit apps to be judged on quality, implementation, and demonstrated programming skills.

Ryan Johnson is a Senior at Atlantic County Institute of Technology. His app offers tools such as sleep tracking, sleep scheduling, and CDC-sourced information to optimize the app user's sleep schedule and give them meaningful insights into their movements and habits while sleeping. Ryan developed his app with the mission of improving the lives of its users by providing resources to help them get better sleep.

"I would like to congratulate Ryan Johnson on winning this year's App Challenge. His attention to detail is truly impressive, and I am incredibly proud of his work," said Congressman Van Drew. "Ryan's app has the potential to help millions of Americans who struggle with sleeping disorders. South Jersey is lucky to have students like Ryan who will go on to become the next generation of innovators and problem solvers. I am proud of all the students who participated in this year's challenge; it is my honor to represent so many talented young men and women in Congress."