Good evening! I hope everyone’s having a great night.
I am Jullie Ann Villas, you can call me Lei.
I am a 4th Year Computer Engineering student.
I’m an INFP-T, so I feel emotions super deeply — I can absorb someone’s mood just by being around them.
For highlights, I have a team where we won StartUp QC Bronze Award and has been part of DOST’s Spark-A-Change Student Pitching Competition Top 10 finalists this year.
Also, I’ve been planning on learning a new skill that I can use for my chosen career.
and I’m looking forward for everything to get better,
Hi! I am Nathaniel Mercado, but you all can call me Nathan. I am a 4th year Computer Engineering student. Fun fact about myself is that I love gaming (let’s team play some time?). A recent win for me was me finally starting to draw (still not too good). I look forward to seeing what my team can produce during this hackathon.
Hello! You can call me Stimmie, I study CS and I’m in my third year! I like trains and I’ve visited (like, nakasakay) all 51 train stations in NCR and here’s a graph of how often I’ve visited each
Hello everyone!! I’m Michael James Velasco. Just call me MJ/Mike/Mikey (if u know my IGN feel free to call OP Encore if magkasama tayo in-game. LoL/WR is my usual spot)
4th Year - Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Hmm..about me, I have this weird act to prefer walking than commute especially if medyo kaya ko naman kaya kapag nakasama nyoko sa lakaran and I said “malapit lang”, brace yourself hahahaha
Wins/Highlights:
2025 QC Startup Bronze Awardee for the project Outsmart (this is our thesis made as business proposal)
Top 10 Finalist on DOST NCR Spark-a-Change and Best Presenter for the same project last July
Losses/Lowlights: Finals na next week bagsakan na ulit ng to-do
Plans/Next Steps?
Think of innovative solution that will help Home Credit (if goods yung solution na maiisip…hopefully hehe)
Expand technical skills. Try ko bumalik sa Flutter saka sa BootStrap especially kaya naman na since patapos na yung year (yippie ) and as well as hopefully makapasok sa Tesda ng NCII for Computer Technician (?)
Blockers/Problems?
Limited to no resources on current environment where I can study and explore theoretical concepts in their actual applications. Pero kakayanin especially I want to pursue this
Looking forward?
Seminars to expand current knowledge about IT field. Any knowledge or experience to gain especially mentorship will be greatly appreciated
Internships/OJT opportunities especially related to Tech Support or IT field. Really in need of it
Name: Jerelle Alunday
Nickname: nadedz
Year and Course: BSIT with specialization in Mobile and Web Programming
Fun Fact About Me: Food is Life
Wins/Highlights: My wins when I was a kid was joining poetry competition and story-making competition. Both of it, won. Then my teacher back then collected my piece because she was suspicious that I might have plagiarized it online but in the end, it was proven that it wasn’t. In college, my wins are successful projects of our professors and new learnings for things to consider when making an application.
Loses/Lowlights: I prefer not say since its too personal.
My plans/next step: Survive my academic journey while learning cybersecurity and blockchain technology.
Name: Jhay Lord Celeste Nickname: Jhay Year and Course: 3rd Year - BS Computer Science Fun fact about yourself: I love thriller/horror movies and love listening to underrated OPM songs In Addition:
I hope that I can contribute to our team since I have a narrow knowledge in terms of programming language.
I am excited since this is a nationwide hackathon and it’s like best developers are gathered here in this event so it is also quite a challenge for me.
Name: John Lester L. Joloc
Nickname: Lester
Year and Course: BSCS 3rd Year
Fun Fact: Never gumamit ng ChatGPT or any LLM for the first 2 years of my course (elitista kasi, feeling nangingibabaw sa buhay porket di gumagamit copilot hahahha)
Wins/Highlights
Consistent Dean’s Lister since 1st Year
Ranked 5th in the College of Science Scholarship Awards (1st Sem 2024-2025)
Name: Felixandra Malicay Nickname: Felix Year and Course: 3rd Year – BS Information Technology Fun fact about yourself: I love listening to music and trying out small edits in my free time. I enjoy exploring anything related to audio or simple edits. This is my first hackathon, so I am pushing myself to try something new even if I am shy.
In addition:
I am looking forward to learning from this experience and meeting people who share the same interest in tech. I want to explore ideas with my team and see how everyone builds their own AI projects.
Name: Phea Marie A. Jamolod
Nickname: Phea
Year and Course: 3rd year | BS Computer Science
Fun fact about me: I love eating shrimps and crabs but I’m allergic to it
In addition: Since this is my first hackathon, I’m really looking forward to this new experience.
Name : Marc Steeven B. Parubrub Nickname : Mac Year & Course : 4th Year - Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) major in Network and Web Technology Portfolio Link:https://msbp-portfolio.vercel.app/
Highlights
Developed a virtual shoe fitting application for my Augmented Reality Capstone Project - November 2025
2 Runner-Up in RAITE 2025 Hackathon Programming - October 2025
Champion in Strikingly Competition - August 2023
Next Steps
Master backend development to transition from a frontend dev to a complete Full Stack Developer
Learn Cybersecurity and AI Automation to make applications safer and smarter
Build and launch a personal Web3 game and grow it to 1,000 active users
Step up as a Project Manager to lead and guide multiple development teams
Plans
Make the most of this hackathon to learn new skills and build lasting friendships
Join more competitions to challenge myself and test my technical capabilities
Showcase my skills to secure OJT opportunities for myself and my team
Name: John Adrian Cruz
Nickname: John
Year and Course: 4th Year, BS Computer Science
Fun Fact about Yourself: My interest in programming started when I was in third grade, when I saw my brother who was in college back then, writing a Python program to visualize and simulate the Travelling Salesman problem.
Name: Dexter Andrei Rañosa Nickname: Drei (●’◡’●) Fun fact about myself: I enjoy pixel arts and nature.
Chika Time muna tayo!:
Highlights: Facilitated a student leadership workshop and volunteer on my organization community projects such as information caravan and donation drives. Also started participating in hackathons, seminars and webinars which could help upgrade my skills. Lowlights: Having to juggle academics, extracurricular activities and also deciding the best actions for these. Plans: To learn something while struggling due to these hectic schedule💪 Problems: Don’t know where to start and in need of guidance both academics and technical stuff.
Name: Jenella Kisses Bautista Nickname: Kisses Year and Course: 4th Year BSIT Fun fact about yourself: I love learning web development and cloud technologies Looking forward to: I’m excited for the coaching sessions and to learn insights from mentors para ma-level up namin yung solution.
Fun fact about yourself: A fun fact about me is that I have journalism experience in Radio Broadcasting and ScriptWriting, competing from DSPC until NSPC.
I also do event hosting in tech events, ranging from AWS to Blockchain and community events.
I’m looking forward to seeing everybody else eager in learning and showcasing their technical skills. I hope that this event will challenge and shape us on future events and real-world applications.
Name: Prince Zablan
Nickname: Prince
Year and Course: 4th Year | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Major in Software Engineering
Fun fact about yourself: Just a fact , its our first time joining hackathon!
I’m Michael James Velasco. Just call me MJ/Mike/Mikey (if u know my IGN feel free to call OP Encore if magkasama tayo in-game. LoL/WR is my usual spot)
4th Year - Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Wins/Highlights:
Losses/Lowlights: Finals na next week 
Plans/Next Steps?
) and as well as hopefully makapasok sa Tesda ng NCII for Computer Technician (?)
Blockers/Problems?
Looking forward?
