Recently, A-TECH DECA participated in the International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, UT.  Over 15,000 students from all 50 states and 16 countries competed, presented and networked with and against each other for the four day conference, in all areas of marketing.  DECA students took exams, performed impromptu role plays depicting business scenarios, and presented new ideas for business in areas of advertising, promotion and entrepreneurship.

Matthew Slomka led A-TECH’s performers by finishing in the top 20 in the Food Marketing Event.  Other members achieving Awards of Excellence include Paloma Guerrero, Ryan Rivera, Laura Sullivan, Jennifer Tang, John Moran, Bo Ying Fu, James Gan, Shon Govan and Claire Guansing.  Other Mavericks representing A-TECH included Deanna Tiao, Vivian Shen, Jordan Bauzon, Dorian Valdivia, Sean Lim and Alex Uboldi.