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A mobile emergency experience designed to save lives, letting users share critical info in seconds.
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A mobile emergency experience designed to save lives, letting users share critical info in seconds.
Skip to the solution →•🏆 Best Overall Hack out of 75+ teams at StarHacks
•💻 Praised by judges from Microsoft, Twitter, Intuit, and Wells Fargo
•📹 Delivered a fully interactive prototype with video calling, mentor matching, and a
community feed
•💬 Highlighted for emotional design: reviewers said the platform felt relatable, safe,
and easy to use
•🤝 Bridged the mentorship gap for women of color in tech through personalized,
human-first UX
Femtor is a digital mentorship platform designed to help underrepresented women in tech form
meaningful, interest-aligned relationships — not just connections. Built in a 2-day product sprint,
it prioritizes personalization, relatability, and accessibility.
Redesigned the 911 experience for real-world emergencies where speaking is impossible or
time is running out.
Despite the innovation in tech, systemic barriers still exist — especially for women of color trying to break into or grow in the field.
While mentorship is often cited as a solution, most platforms are impersonal and transactional — users are matched based on job
titles, not values or shared experiences.
Reimagine the emergency call experience for faster and safer rescue
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The traditional process is outdated:
01. Caller tries to describe location (often inaccurately)
02. Dispatcher collects details manually
03. Help is sent, sometimes too late
We needed to design for worst-case scenarios, not ideal ones. The experience had to work when the user was unable to speak, think clearly, or navigate complex menus.
Despite the innovation in tech, systemic barriers still exist — especially for women of color trying to break into or grow in the field.
While mentorship is often cited as a solution, most platforms are impersonal and transactional — users are matched based on job
titles, not values or shared experiences.
Build a mentorship platform that feels personal, intuitive, and emotionally safe
— one that makes people think: “I belong here.”
Our users were:
👩🏾🎓 Career switchers and early-stage professionals
🚀 Women of color entering tech without strong networks
🙅♀️ Users tired of stiff, transactional platforms
Our goal: Design for worst-case scenarios, not ideal ones.
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We conducted interviews and secondary research to deeply understand user fears, needs, and triggers. Top Insights:
“I’d actually reach out if I saw someone who shared my background.”
It was discovered that our audience felt many frustrations with professional networking and building genuine connections with people because of how transactional their interactions felt.
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