Danny Gardner

Danny Gardner

Currently

What I'm up to right now

Senior Year at Great Valley

Crushing AP classes and college apps while leading multiple projects

Building Luminerra

Growing our startup - just got accepted into NVIDIA Inception and the Intel Partner Alliance. Things are moving fast

Grinding Problem Solving

Spending way too much time on CodeForces, LeetCode, and USACO. But hey, someone's gotta do it

Lacrosse Season

Season's coming up and I'm fired up to play defense. Can't wait to get back on the field

OpenClaw

Building OpenClaw - an automation platform with email automations and more. Lots to ship

Posting on YouTube & Instagram

Documenting the build - posting about Claude and OpenClaw on YouTube and Instagram as I go

Last updated: March 2026

Coding

GVHS Connect

GVHS Connect

Job board for students that somehow made it to FBLA nationals. Still can't believe we placed 4th.

Competitive Problem Solving

Competitive Problem Solving

Grinding LeetCode (270+ solved), Project Euler (20 done), CodeForces, and USACO. Trying to get better at contests.

Navigate

Navigate

AI-powered tool to help high school students navigate the college process. Makes all that confusing application stuff way easier.

Physics Club

Physics Club Website

Simple registration site for our physics club events. Gets the job done.

Troop78 Website

Troop78 Website

Built this for my old Boy Scout troop. Handles photos, documents, digital signatures - all that admin stuff they needed.

Competitions

Drexel Hackathon Team

Drexel Philly Codefest

2nd place with our Superstudy SAT study tool. Where I learned coding is about solving real problems.

FBLA Nationals

FBLA Nationals

4th place, qualified for nationals with GVHS Connect job platform. (Yes I know Ixious)

HackStoga Team

HackStoga

Built CryptoConnect, a puzzle game teaching logic circuits.

Millersville Math

Millersville Math

4th place. Purple mos on top.

PennApps

PennApps

Built AgriHaul logistics platform. University-level hackathon experience at UPenn.

Foundry Hackathon Team

Foundry Hackathon

Successfully built LuminerraComing Soon, an innovative startup solution.

Meeting at MMaths

Math Team Meeting at MMaths

Math team collaboration and competition preparation at University of Maryland. Everyone was admitting orz. Shoutout Oink

Sports

Danny Basketball

Varsity Basketball

Varsity basketball player and former JV captain.

Basketball Team

GV Basketball Seniors

With my senior teammates.

Danny Lacrosse

Varsity Lacrosse

Four-year starter on the varsity lacrosse team.

Teaching

Teaching at Lavner Education

Lavner Education

Teaching programming and computer science concepts to younger students.

YouTube Channel

Creating educational content on advanced CS concepts and hackathon strategies.

CS Club Photo Coming Soon

Computer Science Club

Co-President leading weekly meetings and organizing annual hackathons.

Volunteering

Kids in Motion

Kids in Motion Community

501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization

Founder & CEO. Teaching life skills through sports to 120+ kids in our community.

Kids in Motion Website

Official Website

Built the organization's website and digital presence at kidsinmotionpa.org

Impact Numbers

120+ Kids Coached
70+ Equipment
$2,000+ Raised
30+ Volunteers

National Honor Society

National Honor Society Ceremony

NHS Treasurer

Managing finances and organizing community service projects for our chapter.

Service Activities

  • Community fundraising events
  • Local charity partnerships
  • Peer tutoring programs
  • School spirit initiatives

Let's Connect

Whether it's a hackathon team, open source project, or community initiative - I'd love to hear about it.