Students will engage directly with community voices and foundational research practices to understand the lived experiences, causes, and impacts of hunger in their community before defining a focused problem in the next phase.

Students will synthesize interview notes, data, and research from Phase 1 to clearly define a focused, human-centered hunger problem. They will create empathy artifacts, analyze patterns across sources, draft and revise problem statements, and complete a milestone gate demonstrating readiness to move into ideation.

Students will generate a wide range of human-centered solutions to address local hunger issues, using structured brainstorming, stakeholder analysis, and evidence from their research to move from divergent thinking to a focused, user-informed solution concept ready for prototyping.

Students will build and refine testable versions of their hunger awareness brochure or webpage, using user feedback from peers and community partners to iterate toward clearer, more empathetic, and action-oriented solutions.

Students will test their hunger awareness brochures or webpages with authentic users, gather and apply feedback, finalize their digital portfolios, and present their solutions to community partners during a public exhibition. They will document iteration, reflect on growth, and demonstrate how their research and partnerships address real needs in the community.