17
Years old
8 yrs
Coding experience
500k+
Students helped
1:59h
Half-marathon PB
Autobiography
I'm a high school junior from Subotica (Serbia) who's been coding since 9 and I love turning small ideas into tools people actually use. I'm a leader by nature when I know the topic – organizing youth events, mentoring peers and collaborating with schools all because helping others navigate education motivates me as much as building. Most days I split time between web/mobile work and competitive programming, then reset by doing sports or hanging out with friends. I've earned some awards along the way, but I care more about my momentum: to learn fast, ship often and share what I know. I'm happiest when something I build removes friction for someone else and sparks them to try building too.
Right now, I'm...
- expanding my educational nonprofit EduCompass
- participating in programming, maths and language competitions
- developing my skills in web development, AI and project management
- attending international conferences, workshops and science camps
- teaching children programming
- running sub-2h half marathons and playing tennis
- hanging out with friends
I want to...
- help others through the things I build
- learn fast by shipping real products
- lead and give back to the community
- read more and eat healthier
Right now, I'm...
- expanding my educational nonprofit EduCompass
- participating in programming, maths and language competitions
- developing my skills in web development, AI and project management
- attending international conferences, workshops and science camps
- teaching children programming
- running sub-2h half marathons and playing tennis
- hanging out with friends
I want to...
- help others through the things I build
- learn fast by shipping real products
- lead and give back to the community
- read more and eat healthier
Programming journey
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Age 9
First lines of codeStarted with Scratch and App Inventor — dragging blocks, building games and discovering how computers think.
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Age 11–12
Competitive programmingLearned C++ and entered my first national competitions. Won 1st place at the National Programming Competition (2021).
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2023
Building for real usersCo-launched EduCompass — a web platform helping 8th graders choose the right high school (500k visits). Built mobile apps (EV Chargers Serbia, Airology Subotica).
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2024–25
AI, mobile & communityCo-founded an edtech nonprofit. Organised the Spark Youth Conference and Impact Hackathon. Dove into machine learning and AI.
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2026 →
International stageRepresented Serbia at IAIO (International AI Olympiad) in Ljubljana. Continuing to ship, teach and inspire.
Projects & initiatives
EduCompass
Free platform helping 8th graders pick the right high school. Score calculator, school explorer and subject database. 250k+ annual visits.
Spark Youth Conference
One-day event that gathered a total of 280 high school and university students across two editions in May 2025 and 2026. Five keynotes + workshops focused on youth development.
Impact Hackathon
Hackathon for 50 high schoolers from across Serbia tackling youth phone addiction (January 2026).
Youth Events Calendar
A city‑wide web calendar that lists youth‑focused events in one place.
EV Chargers Serbia
Mobile app showing EV charging station locations across Serbia.
Airology Subotica
Web app with an interactive map of air quality across city neighbourhoods.
Competitions & awards
Artificial Intelligence
IAIO 2026 — International Winter AI Olympiad
Honorable mention
NOAI 2026 — National AI Olympiad
1st Place
Programming
Serbian Programming Olympiad
3rd Place
National Programming Competition
1st (2021) · 3rd (2022–24)
HS Algorithm
3rd Place
Mathematics
Regional Maths Competition
1st (2021, 2023) · 3rd (2022, 2024)
National Maths Competition
Honorable mention
Languages & other
Cambridge FCE
English & Italian competitions
Scholarships & distinctions
Rise Fellow
Competitor of the Year
Miroslav Petričević
Vuk Karadžić Diploma & Dositej Order
Provincial Informatics Diploma
Conferences & events
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Lightning Speaker
Rise Residential SummitOxford · August 2025
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Volunteer
HeapconBelgrade · 2025
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Volunteer
Biznis talksNovi Sad · 2025
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Attendee
UnlockitBelgrade · 2026
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Attendee
Compass Tech SummitBudapest · 2025
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Attendee
Craft, Impact, Amuse, CrunchBudapest · 2022, 2023, 2024
Camps & activities
Petnica Research Centre
PFE Electronics Camp
Summer School of Programming
Speaker
American Corner Subotica
Speaker
DigiEduHack · European Researchers' Night · Skill Up
European Youth Parliament
Young Entrepreneurs Program
Vision for the future
My goal isn't to be successful — my goal is to help others be successful. I believe in the 98/2 rule: 98% of people do what everyone else does, while only 2% try to make a real difference. I strive to be in that 2%.
I want to be a mentor who doesn't just share knowledge, but inspires, encourages and helps young people see the bigger picture. The activities of EduCompass Association are just the beginning.
Long-term, my goal is to be a driver of innovation at the intersection of technology and education.
(100% + 1%)365 = 37.78 ≫ 1 = (100%)365
Get 1% better every day. That's enough.
Read from my blog
August 23, 2025 · 6 min read
A hundred brilliant minds in one place
My experience at the Rise Residential Summit 2025 in Oxford — ten unforgettable days with 99 of the world's most talented young people, filled with lectures, workshops, London adventures and lasting friendships.
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