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

Pictured are the Willowbrook 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 Ashish Satsangi, sophomore Talha Ali, senior Daniel Leskiewicz, sophomore Michael Elvery and senior Samuel Munoz. Willowbrook hosted a send-off celebration for the students on May 1.

On May 1, Willowbrook 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 will compete are:

• Senior Daniel Leskiewicz: Systems Administration Using Cisco® (placed 4th at State) and C++ Programming (placed 5th at State)
• Senior Ashish Satsangi: Visual Basic/C# Programming (placed 5th at State)
• Sophomore Michael Elvery: Visual Basic/C# Programming (placed 4th at State)
• Sophomore Talha Ali: Computer Modeling (placed 2nd at State) and Visual Basic/C# Programming (placed 3rd at State)
• Senior Samuel Munoz: C++ Programming (placed 3rd 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.”