Mundelein FBLA students earn awards

Mundelein High School's chapter of Future Business Leaders of America competed at the Illinois Northern Area Conference at College of Lake County on Jan. 17.

While at the area competition, members took part in various events that tested their business leadership skills. Members were accompanied by advisers Chris Hoster and Sarah Wilson, while the competition was presided over by senior Sofia Feijoo as area vice president for the Northern Illinois FBLA region.

Forty-four Mundelein FBLA students competed well enough and qualified, either as an individual or a team, to continue on to the State Leadership Conference, which will be in Springfield, Illinois April 3 and 4.

"We're proud and excited for these students to compete at the State level," Wilson said. "It'll be a wonderful experience for them."

The FBLA members took home the following awards for competitive events:

First Place

• American Enterprise Project: Sofia Feijoo, Ilya Vynnyk and MacKenzie Stewart

• Journalism: Ashley Cline.

• Management Decision Making: Sahil Patel and MacKenzie Stewart

• Sports & Entertainment Management: Cristian Santiago, Cale Sethna and Jeffrey Weiss

Second Place

• E-Business: Kavana Belagur and Taneesha Tavkar

• Client Service: Alexis Martinez

Third Place:

• Global Business: Flavio Diaz, Sofia Feijoo and Ilya Vynnyk

• Job Interview: Hannah Earich

• Personal Finance: Nickie Figueroa

Fourth Place

• Cyber Security: Christopher Hill

• Journalism: Tress Dorfler

• Management Decision Making: Angelica Hernandez and Polina Rubin

Fifth Place

• Business Calculations: Nathan Clapp

• Personal Finance: Aaron Anastos

• Securities and Investments: Caitlyn Mathews

Sixth Place

• Public Service Announcement: Lauren Geary, Ellianna Pearson and Nathan Miller

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