Willowbrook hosts State send-off celebration for nine members of the BPA Team
Pictured are members of the Willowbrook Business Professionals of America (BPA) Team, who competed in the State competition. That event took place from Feb. 28 to March 2. They are (from left) sophomore Talha Ali, senior Samuel Munoz, senior Alban Shameti, senior Ashish Satsangi, sophomore Michael Elvery, junior Jack Carey, senior Kianna Becker and senior Daniel Leskiewicz. Not pictured is Tomas Pelesinas.
On Feb. 28, Willowbrook hosted a State send-off celebration for nine members of the school’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) Team, who competed in the State competition. That event took place from Feb. 28 to March 2 at Willowbrook and at DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Oak Brook.
Those students are listed below, along with the events in which they competed.
- Senior Alban Shameti: Advanced Accounting and Digital Publishing
- Senior Kianna Becker: Advanced Accounting and Business Law & Ethics
- Senior Tomas Pelesinas: Database Applications and ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding
- Junior Jack Carey: ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding
- Senior Daniel Leskiewicz: Systems Administration Using Cisco® and C++ Programming
- Senior Ashish Satsangi: SQL Database Fundamentals and Visual Basic/C# Programming
- Sophomore Michael Elvery: Visual Basic/C# Programming and Fundamentals of Web Design
- Sophomore Talha Ali: Computer Modeling and Visual Basic/C# Programming
- Senior Samuel Munoz: C++ Programming and Java Programming
For more information about BPA, go to www.bpa.org. According to the website, “(BPA) is the premier CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, office administration and other related career fields. With 45,000 members in more than 1,800 chapters across 25 states and Puerto Rico, BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards.”