68 MMI students competed in the FBLA Region 16 competition, with 43 of those students earning the right to compete at the PA State FBLA Leadership Conference in Hershey this spring.

The following students will be representing MMI at the State Leadership Conference:

Cedrah Abdulrahman- 1^st place Intro. to FBLA; Hasan Arain- 1^st place Intro. to Social Media Strategies; Diane Arias-Tejeda – 1^st place Job Interview; London Chehovich- 1^st Place Hospitality and Event Management; Caylee Herseim- 1^st Place Public Speaking II; Thomas Horvat- 1^st Place Business Ethics; Diane Kim- 1^st Place Sales Presentation; Mehak Manzoor- 1^st Place Business Management; Blake Warren- 1^st Place Economics; Jayden Unger- 1^st place International Business; Josh Witner- 1^st place Agribusiness; Winni Zheng- 1^st place Graphic Design.

Chloe Allen- 2^nd Place Economics; Philip Benyo & Ian Composto- 2^nd Place Intro. to Business Presentation; Kendall Orozco- 2^nd Place Help Desk; Ava Genetti- 2^nd Place Public Speaking I; Jason Roberts- 2^nd place Public Speaking II; Jordan Mulhall & Nathan Sissick- 2^nd place Banking and Financial Systems; Robert Orbin and Nathaniel Neidlinger- 2^nd place Network Design; Kasra Paknezhad- 2^nd place Healthcare Administration; Jason Salio and Heath Williams- 2^nd place Broadcast Journalism; Brayden Harleman- 2^nd place Personal Finance; Erica Schwear-, 2^nd place Intro. to Business Concepts; Isabella Wells- 2^nd place Hospitality & Event Management.

Teagan Bonham, Lex Lispi, and Connor Strecker-, 3^rd place Marketing; Sharan Parikh- 3^rd place Intro. to Financial Math; Georgia Washko-3^rd place Intro. to Parliamentary Procedure; Colin Woolnough- 3^rd place Computer Problem Solving; David Yamulla- 3^rd place Intro. to Business Concepts; Madelyn Young- 3^rd place Intro to Marketing Concepts; Alexis Bleiler- 5^th place Intro. to Financial Math; Lydia Chen- 5^th place Accounting I; Dante DeStefano- 5^th place Personal Finance; and Arushi Solgama- 5^th place Intro. to Marketing Concepts.

In addition, several other students were recognized for their work. These students include: Aiden Hosier, Evan Pedri and Nicholas Pantages for Graphic Design, Lilli Warner-Senape, Willa Bartholomew, and Hayden Schwabe for Social Media Strategies, Corey Buchman for Sales Presentation, and Adam Frask, Caleb Skuba, and Rishi Patel for Intro. to Business Presentation.

A few students competed in state only competitions online those students were Joshua Hoover, Abigail Sparich, and Kiyan Paknezhad. Sparich and Paknezhad will compete at the state level in the Electronic Career Portfolio category.

Katherine Zucco, MMI FBLA Advisor said, “The students did a fantastic job this year, and I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity to share the FBLA experience with them!”

MMI wants to congratulate all the students who competed in the FBLA Region 16 competition and would like to thank Flashback Cinema and the Orlando Family Foundation for their generous sponsorships of the MMI FBLA Chapter.