Twenty-one student competitors from Lehigh Career & Technical Institute placed or earned medals Feb. 18-20 at the Pennsylvania DECA State Career Development Conference in Hershey, Pa. Fifteen of those competitors turned in performances strong enough to earn them trips to the DECA International Career Development Conference this spring in Atlanta, Ga.

Additionally, Kaylin Brown, a Marketing & Entrepreneurship student from Louis E. Dieruff High School, was elected to DECA’s state officer team and will serve as the 2026-27 District 7 representative. The following competitors placed or medaled at DECA states. The names of competitors who qualified for nationals are marked with asterisks.

William Allen High School

*Zero Bonilla, Advertising Design/Commercial Art
1st place: Chapter Banner

*Luis Bustillo Ponce, Cosmetology
Gold-Certified Retail-Based Enterprise: Retail Operations, The Salon at LCTI (Team)

*Lismairy Castillo Sterling, Advertising Design/Commercial Art
1st place: Chapter Banner

*Rosalin Cruz-Santiago, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: Promotional Display Board (Team)

*Demilee Nunez, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: Promotional Display Board (Team)

*Richard Ramos, Supply Chain Management & Logistics Technology
Highest Score Role Play A
3rd place: Supply Chain Management

Louis E. Dieruff High School

Kaylin Brown, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: Promotional Display Board (Team)

Jayrevet Diaz-Garcia, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
3rd place: Chapter Awards Project (Team)

Christopher Munoz Liz, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
6th place: Innovation Academy

*Nisayr Santiago, Supply Chain Management & Logistics Technology
Highest Score Written Test
Gold medal: DECA Community Service (Team)

Emmaus High School

Nolan Robb, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
4th place: Innovation Academy

Northern Lehigh High School

*Savannah Hall, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
2nd place: School Store Retail Operations
$1,000 Pennsylvania DECA Scholarship
Gold-Certified Retail-Based Enterprise: Retail Operations, The Salon at LCTI (Team)

*Mallory McIntyre, Advertising Design/Commercial Art
1st place: Pennsylvania DECA Pin Design

Northwestern Lehigh High School

*Skylar Kern, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Gold medal: DECA Membership Campaign
Gold medal: DECA Community Service (Team)

Parkland High School

*Carter Campbell, Supply Chain Management & Logistics Technology
3rd place: Supply Chain Management

Daniel Osmanovic, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
3rd place: Chapter Awards Project (Team)

*Leyna Perkins, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: School Store Food Operations (Team)
Gold-Certified School-Based Operations: Food Operations, The School Store at LCTI (Team)

*Sage Rivera, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: Chapter Banner

Whitehall High School

*Nikol Bozali, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
1st place: School Store Food Operations (Team)
Gold-Certified School-Based Operations: Food Operations, The School Store at LCTI (Team)

Kiara Escamilla, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Highest Score Role Play B

*Zaravy Ramirez P, Marketing & Entrepreneurship
3rd place: Chapter Awards Project (Team)
Gold medal: Plan of Action

Congratulations to LCTI’s DECA competitors and qualifiers! This is how we achieve!