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The team on the main stage
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TAT
TRICK

1st of 26 teams at Thrivent Hackapalooza '26: three ways to get more members leading Thrivent Action Teams.

Role
Gamification team, demo video editor
Timeline
Jun to Jul 2026
Stack
Figma · Leaflet · AWS Bedrock · iMovie
Status
1st of 26 teams
01

BRIEFING

Thirteen interns, one idea: make Thrivent Action Teams easier to start and more fun to keep doing. We split into three sub-teams and built all three at once: a national heatmap of events, a RAG chatbot on AWS Bedrock that recommends events, and a gamification layer. Three features, one goal: a hat trick.

I was on gamification, designing badges and an Action Points rewards store in Figma, mocked to look native to the real site. I also acted in the opening skit and cut the demo video in iMovie, which got a perfect score in preliminary judging and put us in the top 5. We took 1st on the main stage.

1st
of 26 teams
122
participants
3
features shipped
100%
prelim video score
02

GALLERY

5 shots
Hackapalooza '26 participants
Hackapalooza '26 participants
Filming the opening skit for our demo video
Filming the opening skit for our demo video
Presenting in the final round
Presenting in the final round
Build day in the conference room
Build day in the conference room
Heads down on build day
Heads down on build day
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