Politizen – Civic Engagement Mobile App

Politizen is a mobile app designed to help people better understand, track, and participate in their local government. Built using React Native, it was a two semester-long group project where I served as a developer and also contributed heavily to the design and user experience planning.

From the early stages of ideation and wireframing to final deployment, I worked alongside a team of five other students to bring Politizen to life. Our goal was to create a clean, intuitive interface where users could view local election information, track legislation, and explore ways to take action on issues that matter to them.

As the lead developer, I managed the codebase, helped implement core features, and ensured that our development workflow stayed on track. I also contributed to the design system, working on layouts, navigation, and UI patterns to make the app feel polished and accessible.

At the time, I decided to suggest React Native as I'd never done mobile development before. The class I had on it wasn't very fulfilling and I didn't feel like I gained much from it. Following that thought process, challenging myself to use it for my capstone project felt like a good idea. The experience was very rewarding as the most I'd done "mobile development"-wise at the time was mobile-first web design.

Outside of choosing React Native, the entire process of planning the application and eventually developing it showed me that plans change frequently during a development cycle. For example, we had no plans to use Firebase originally but our original selection ended up not being compatible with what we were aiming for.

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