Addison Trail hosts send-off celebration for five students who will compete in 2019 BPA National Leadership Conference

Pictured are the Addison Trail students who competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference. That event took place from May 1 to 5 in California. They are (from left) senior Luis Silva, senior Nicholas Nasti, junior Johan Lora, junior Yuanxu Zhang and senior Natalie Obrzut. Addison Trail hosted a send-off celebration for the students on April 30.

On April 30, Addison Trail hosted a send-off celebration for five students who competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) 2019 National Leadership Conference. That event took place from May 1 to 5 in Anaheim, Calif., and this year’s theme is “Together We Create.”

Students who competed are:

• Senior Natalie Obrzut: Medical Office Procedures (placed 1st at State)
• Junior Yuanxu Zhang: Computer Modeling (placed 3rd at State)
• Junior Johan Lora: Management, Marketing and Human Resources Concepts (placed 2nd at State)
• Senior Luis Silva: Legal Office Procedures (medal recipient at State)
• Senior Nicholas Nasti: Fundamental Accounting (medal recipient at State)

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.”