🏆 Coolest Projects USA 2026 · AI Category Winner

ZaLayaa Jahzara
Founder & Creator

She is 13. She is Black. She lives with 40+ invisible medical conditions. She looked for a tool that would protect a child like her — and built it when she found nothing.

Minnesota National Advocate & Speaker Medical Zebra · 40+ Conditions Youth AI Innovator Golfer · Chess · Artist · Coder Biomedical Engineering
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Coolest Projects USA 2026 · Science Museum of Minnesota
AI Category Winner — April 11, 2026
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ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick at Coolest Projects USA 2026 — red jacket, standing next to a 'WELL DONE AI' sign after winning the AI Category
Coolest Projects USA 2026 · Science Museum of Minnesota · AI Category Winner
ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick — Creator of FIND ME ASAP, wearing sequin jacket and ICONIC shirt
ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick · Age 13
ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick holding the Judges' Favorite award at Coolest Projects USA 2026
Judges' Favorite · Coolest Projects USA 2026
ZaLayaa Jahzara Wandrick — Young Innovator Spotlight — Creator of FIND ME ASAP
Young Innovator Spotlight · FIND ME ASAP
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Her Story. Her Wins.
Her World.

Each section below goes deeper into one chapter of ZaLayaa's journey — from why she built, to what she won, to where you can follow her.

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Origin Story
Why She Built Instead of Waited
She searched for a tool. She found a government PDF. She opened an IDE. The full story behind FIND ME ASAP.
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Recognition
Coolest Projects & Wins
Coolest Projects USA 2026 AI Category Winner. A 13-year-old presenting the tool that should have existed for decades.
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About the Platform

See What ZaLayaa Built

The platform story — the Found Alert Flag™, the 10-document kit, and why FIND ME ASAP exists.

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