Four Addison Trail students earn industry-aligned certifications during 2019 BPA National Leadership Conference

Addison Trail Business Professionals of America (BPA) sponsors Juliann Boudouris (left) and Jeff Laschinski (right) pose with the Addison Trail students who competed in the BPA 2019 National Leadership Conference, which took place from May 1 to 5 in Anaheim, Calif. The students are (from left) junior Yuanxu Zhang, junior Johan Lora, senior Natalie Obrzut, senior Luis Silva and senior Nicholas Nasti. Zhang, Lora, Silva and Nasti earned industry-aligned certifications during the conference.

Addison Trail students recently 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 four of the members earned 15 industry-aligned certifications in 10 course content areas. Those students are:

Junior Yuanxu Zhang
Computer Programming I
Computer Programming 1B Python

Junior Johan Lora
Accounting I
Accounting II
Banking & Finance
Business Mathematics and Personal Finance

Senior Luis Silva
Accounting I
Entrepreneurship
Economics

Senior Nicholas Nasti
Accounting I
Accounting II
Economics
Banking & Finance
21st-Century Success Skills
Business Communications I
Business Mathematics and Personal Finance

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.”