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                <h3 id="hackathon-header">TechTogether Chicago</h3>
                <h6 id="hackathon-paragraph" class="mr-5">TechTogether Chicago was TechTogether's sixth chapter location, opened in 2021 along with TechTogether Miami. 
                
                </br></br>TechTogether Chicago is one of the few gender-focused hackathons located in Illinois.

                </br></br>TechTogether Chicago serves primarily high school, college, and bootcamp students in Illinois and Missouri with a focus on Chicago. The organizing team consists of students and residents from across both Illinois and Missouri. 
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                <h4 id="quote-header">Guadalupe Medina</h4>
                <h4 id="quote-subheader">TechTogether Seattle 2021 Attendee</h4>

                <h6 id="quote-paragraph">"I remember the first-ever hackathon that I attended was TechTogether New York and it really helped take the fear away from hackathons because of the amazing community and my team."</h6>


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                <h4 id="quote-header">Neala Mendoza</h4>
                <h4 id="quote-subheader">TechTogether Seattle 2021 Attendee</h4>

                <h6 id="quote-paragraph">"TechTogether proved that anyone with any background can learn and create a project."</h6>

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                <h4 id="quote-subheader">TechTogether Seattle 2021 Attendee</h4>

                <h6 id="quote-paragraph">“I love the TechTogether hackathons. I also went to TTNY and that was also a great experience like TTS. The workshops were so engaging and there were so many that you can just attend those if you would like. Everyone is also so welcoming and the environment is so nice.”</h6>

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                        <h5 class="card-title">TechTogether Chicago 2021-2022</h5>
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                                <li>303 Hackers</li>
                                <li>789 Applications</li>
                                <li>47% First-time Hackers</li>
                                <li>$3k Prizes</li>
                                <li>25 Projects</li>
                                <li>97% of attendees would recommend the event to a friend.</li>
                                <li>Hosted Virtually</li>
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                        <h5 class="card-title">TechTogether Chicago 2022-2023</h5>
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                                <li>No information is available yet for TechTogether Chicago's next hackathon.</li>
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