13 DECA students advanced to the international conference in April after advancing out of the Texas State Career Development Conference that took place in Dallas Thursday-Saturday.   

“I think it provides an opportunity for us to show what we learned throughout the year and to have fun and spend time together as a chapter,” senior, DECA Vice President, Saahithi Joopelli said.

Students who advanced get the opportunity to compete against students from around the world.

“After years of hard work, it’s great to get recognized in my senior year,” senior Nikhil Yerva said. “It’s a way to end with the bang and you know, just really thankful for the experience and this opportunity to prove myself. The thing I am looking forward to is most definitely the actual competition. It’s the reason I do DECA and to be able to do that against the best competitors in the in the world is why I wake up in the morning.”

Students who advanced and the competition in which they competed:

Shin Lee- Principles if Business Management and Administration

Anica Liu- Principles of Marketing

Jimmy Qian- Entrepreneurship Series

Caroline Overall- Retail Merchandising Series

Kaitlin Shin- Hotel and Lodging Management

Sneha Sundar- Hotel and Lodging Management

Saahithi Joopelli- Human Resource Management

Sumukh Satish- Automotive Services Marketing

Aten Kumar- Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Nikhil Yerva & Maanas Dogga- Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making

Dea-Mallika Divi & Grishma Geedipally- Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making