This story was submitted by Kai Nishimura, grade 10.
From Feb. 27 – March 2, more than 180 members of the Harker DECA chapter attended the most competitive State Career Development Conference (SCDC) ever recorded, with more than 3,000 attendees. Students competed in their events hoping to qualify for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC). California DECA chapters united at the conference to engage in interactive workshops, forge valuable connections with fellow aspiring professionals, and demonstrate their professional growth.
Members placing in the Top 4 in Written Events and Top 5 in Roleplay Events are as follows:
1st Place:
Abby Wang (10), Elizabeth Zhang (10); Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Maya Affaki (12); Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Naiya Daswani (12); Business Growth Plan
Hannah Jiang (10), Joyce Zhang (10); Business Services Operations Research
Chelsea Xie (10); Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Nathaniel Idicula (10), David Kelly (10); Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Timmy Chen (11), Alan Shen (11); Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
2nd Place:
Kimi Yashar (11), Koby Yu (11); Integrated Marketing Campaign Service
Saahithi Koneru (10); Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Annabel Huang (10), Aanya Mukherjee (10), Arshia Sankar (10); Buying and Merchandising
Operations Research
Maya Affaki (12); Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Audrey Hu (10); Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series
Luke Wu (11); Restaurant and Food Service Management Series
Amishi Gupta (11), Tanvi Sivakumar (11); Financial Services Team Decision Making
Ishani Vadali (10), Lemeng Kong (10); Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
3rd Place:
Bazigh Tahirzad (10); Financial Consulting
Aanya Shah (11); Start-Up Business Plan
Saahira Dayal (12); Automotive Services Marketing Series
Sanaa Bhorkar (12), Lauren Lin (12); Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
Ruhan Arora (11), Nicole Dean (10), Ronica Khattri (10); Financial Literacy Project
4th Place:
Isaac Liu (9); Professional Selling
Kimi Yashar (11); Business Services Marketing Series
Caleb Tang (11); Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series
Ian Lee (10), Sam Li (10); Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making
Luke Wu (11), Robinson Zhang (11); Business Solutions Projects
5th Place:
Aanya Shah (11); Business Services Marketing Series
Jonathan Wang (12); Restaurant and Food Serivice Management Serie