Cy-Woods, Cy-Ridge Students Qualify for Future Business Leaders of America Nationals

Cy-Woods, Cy-Ridge Students Qualify for Future Business Leaders of America Nationals

May 19 2023

CFISD students in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) career and technical education classes placed among the top five at the Texas State Leadership Conference March 22-24 in Galveston to qualify for the National Leadership Conference this summer.

Cypress Woods High School students Saathvik Dabbara and Vernell Williams won first place in the Entrepreneurship competition. Fellow student Lassya Goriparti was named secretary for the state of Texas, and Ryan Georgian was picked to be the Who’s Who representative for Texas at nationals.

Cypress Woods High School FBLA students celebrate their successful performance at the Texas State Leadership Conference, resulting in nine students qualifying for the National Leadership Conference.
 

Cypress Ridge High School student Kevin Trinh won first place in Computer Game & Simulations Programming. Fellow student Paramveer Grewal won first place in the Social Media on Business and Economics open event.

Cypress Ridge High School FBLA students celebrate their successful performance at the Texas State Leadership Conference, resulting in six students qualifying for the National Leadership Conference.
 
The remaining CFISD students placed in the top four to automatically qualify for the national conference, scheduled for June 27-30 in Atlanta, Ga. Fifth-place finishers at state will advance as national alternates:
  • Ryan Georgian, Cypress Woods – second place, Public Speaking;
  • Kyle Pham and Haifa Albazlmit, Cypress Ridge – second place, Sales Presentation;
  • Eric Chen and Maegan Pham, Jersey Village High School – second place, Website Design;
  • Nicole Guzman, Cypress Woods – third place, Digital Animation;
  • Haania Mirza, Cypress Ridge – third place, Data Analysis;
  • Zoie Smith, Cypress Woods – fourth place, Broadcast Journalism;
  • Saran Sundar, Cypress Woods – fourth place, Digital Video Production;
  • Mixtly Lozano, Jersey Village – fourth place, Electronic Career Portfolio;
  • Johnny Kuang and Yashmenth Parasa, Cypress Woods – fourth place, Introduction to Business Procedures;
  • Rahul Rathan, Cypress Woods – fifth place, Economics;
  • Joselin Pozos, Cypress Ridge – fifth place, Agribusiness; and
  • Abigail Mendoza, Jersey Village – fifth place, Intro to Public Speaking.

Additionally, Jersey Village student Tiffany Vo won third place in the Chapter Scrapbook event.

Source: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD