Georgetown Students Create Cerca, A New Dating App That Swipes Right On Safety
For single students looking to find love, searching online is a popular option: over 50% of college students report using dating apps. Whether you swipe left or right on the idea, dating apps are ingrained in college culture. This year, two Georgetown students are working to make online dating better and safer.
Myles Slayton (CAS ’25) and Willy Conzelman (CAS ’25) created their new app, Cerca, with Carter Rocket-Munk, a senior at the University of Southern California. Cerca matches users differently than most popular dating apps: users sync their contacts and then view potential matches that they share at least one contact with. The app does not notify users’ contacts when they join the app.
