Thirteen Hermiston FBLA students qualify for nationals
Published 4:00 pm Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- Hermiston High School FBLA students competed in the Oregon FBLA State Leadership Conference April 3-8, 2023, in Portland. In all, 13 HHS students, including two state champions, qualified for the FBLA National Leadership Conference, scheduled June 27-30 in Atlanta.
HERMISTON — Future Business Leaders of America students at Hermiston High School fared well during the Oregon FBLA State Leadership Conference, held April 3-8 in Portland.
Two students earned state championships and 13 qualified for the FBLA National Leadership Conference, scheduled June 27-30 in Atlanta.
State champions were Gisselle Rivera in Spreadsheet Applications and Kaitlyn Crowther in Introduction to Business Concepts.
Other national qualifiers:
Pride Shelley, second in Accounting II; Kurt Clayson, second in Introduction to Marketing Concepts; Aiden Ryan, third in Cyber Security and third in Network Infrastructure; Adriana Gutierrez, third in Digital Video Production; Yahir Conejo-Garcia, third in Introduction to Information Technology; Seven Bahr, third in Word Processing; Cody Adams, fourth in Accounting II; Liana Jimenez, fourth in Advertising; Joseph Markwith, fourth in Cyber Security; and Gisselle Rivera, fourth in Word Processing. Also, the team of Pride Shelley and Fatima Venegas-Navejas earned a trip to nationals, placing third in Entrepreneurship.
Along with the national qualifiers, the following Hermiston students placed at state:
Seven Bahr, fifth in Cyber Security; Omar Silva Isabeles, fifth in Securities & Investments; Miranda Vivar, sixth in Word Processing; Joseph Markwith, sixth in Computer Problem Solving; Kurt Clayson, sixth in Introduction to Business Procedures; Adriana Gutierez, seventh in Broadcast Journalism; Yahir Conejo-García, seventh in Website Design; Kaitlyn Crowther, 10th in Introduction to Event Planning; and Adrianna Coleman, Liana Jimenez, and Fatima Venegas-Navejas teamed together and earned fifth in Marketing.
“The students should be very proud of their accomplishments as a first-year chapter,” FBLA advisor Denise Thornton said. “They all worked very hard and most of them sacrificed half of their Spring Break to attend the state conference.”
FBLA helps inspire and prepare students for careers in business through leadership development and academic competitions. For more information, visit www.fbla-pbl.org.
