Mundelein High School FBLA students had a number of top-10 finishers in various categories during the 2025 Northern Area Conference at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. They will next compete at the end of March at the State Competition in Springfield.

The 2025 Northern Area Conference included schools and students participated in more than 70 events. MHS students either took objective tests or gave live/recorded presentations on a wide variety of topics. Students scoring at the top in their event advance to the State Competition.

Top 10 finishers at the competition included the following:

First place: Alan Fisher, Nihal Joshy and Anthony Vynnyk (Introduction to Social Media Strategy); Henry Molozaiy (Introduction to Business Concepts); Michael Sager (Journalism); Olivia Wallace (Business Communication).

Third place: Mikaila Brown (Introduction to FBLA); Santiago Burgos (Computer Problem Solving); Caleb Murphy, Advik Sharma and Chance Winckler (Marketing); Morgan Pawlak (Human Resource Management); and Marsha De Quina Tagala (Business Communication).

Fourth place: Owen Beake (Introduction to Financial Math); Tyler Burnette (Introduction to Business Communication); Bruce Dumblauskas (Introduction to Business Concepts); and Aidan Hanrahan (Computer Problem Solving).

Sixth place: Kaidan Boongaling and Rishi Sahu (Website Design); and Faisal Sanusi (Introduction to Business Concepts).

Seventh place: Shayla Agarwal (Business Law); Victoria Skora (Introduction to Business Concepts); Michael Townsend (Journalism); and Renata Turska (Economics).

Eighth place: Trevor Madden (Financial Math).

Ninth place: Darren Azul and Ashton Salski (Broadcast Journalism); and Victor Ortiz (Health Care Administration.

Tenth place: Joshua Adinku (Computer Problem Solving); Brindelyn Fetzer, Alejandra Martinez Sanchez and Addison Ross (Broadcast Journalism); Benjamin Hamberg and Jacob Hamberg (Sales Presentation); and Marek Sikora (Introduction to Financial Math).

FBLA is the largest student business Career and Technical Student organization in the world. Each year, FBLA inspires and prepares more than 230,000 students to become community-minded business leaders in a global society through relevant career preparation and leadership experiences.

In addition to running the Mustang Nation Spirit Store, Mundelein High School students prepare for careers in business through academic competitions, leadership and service development, and educational programs.