Fig. 02 · Co-founder, developer and pilot lead · health tech

Crohnnect

An IBD companion shaped by the teens who use it.

A symptom-tracking and visit-prep app for teens with inflammatory bowel disease, inspired by a close friend’s experience and shaped by surveys of 30 teens and 5 interviews.

a 39-second walkthrough of the real appRecorded in demo mode with made-up data

Role: Co-founder, developer and pilot lead
Built with: Next.js, React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, with Supabase and Vercel; installable and offline-capable
Clinical advisor: Dr. Jonathan Cordova, pediatric gastroenterologist, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Live app: crohnnect.vercel.app

What the pilot told us

and what we changed

20+

teens in the pilot. I rebuilt the bathroom, food, free-text and medication tools from their feedback.

Pilot

17 of 20

valued the visit summaries and asked for medication reminders; 15 of 20 used the trigger analysis.

Pilot feedback

Top 20

international finalist in the Ventura Challenge, among 1,300+ participants from 79 countries.

Ventura Challenge, 2026

Free for teens

Try the live app

Crohnnect runs in any phone browser and can be added to the home screen. I also shared the production codebase with our Girls Who Code chapter as teaching material.

Open Crohnnect