Thirty-four Santa Maria High School Future Business Leaders of America students recently participated in competitive events at the Gold Coast Section Conference.
The Saints competed in various business and financial, entrepreneurship and software systems development career paths to try and qualify for the state FBLA Leadership Conference in April.
They took online objective tests during the week of Feb. 5-9, and attended the conference on Feb. 10 at Westlake High School in Westlake.
“Since this is my 4th year and my last Section conference, I was nervous but I learned how to take rejection as an opportunity and overall walk away with a great experience,’’ said Salma Guerrero-Lucas, FBLA vice president public relations.
“Seeing all of the people line up made me nervous since my event was the very last one, but it made me grateful when I received my award,” said senior Nirvana Humbert Rodriguez.
“This is my first year in FBLA, so this was a new experience for me, but at the workshops everyone was really kind and social, so it was fun interacting with people there,” said junior Gabriela Rojas-Garcia.
The teachers who accompanied the students were Cindy Quaid, SMHS lead adviser and Alejandra Fulton, SMHS adviser.
