It was a class assignment that sent North Dallas High School senior Carol Alejandra Barragán Manchola to Capitol Hill.

"The class assignment was everybody had to create an app that they were going to submit for the Congressional App Challenge ," North Dallas High School IT Pathway teacher Christopher Barnhill said.

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Barragán Manchola was dreading it.

"When I was in Colombia, I had classes for coding in school," Manchola said, laughing. "I didn't like it. I hated it with my soul!"

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She was inspired by her family and their love of food and travel to create Meal

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