Howdy Florida DECA! This month I’m talking to you about Experienced Leaders.
            Experienced Leaders is one of the Guiding Principles of DECA; academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders. As our mission statement says, DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
            On a different subject DECA is a CTE. CTE is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers, and their mission, in a way making one of DECA’s missions, is to provide educational leadership in developing a competitive workforce.
            DECA helps prepare our student members for college and careers along with other things in the real world through things such as competition. We have a variety of competitions that could potentially help our members choose which career field they decide to pursue, such as marketing, hospitality, business law, etc. It also teaches things such financial literacy and networking.
            Along with the beneficial skills this association teaches you through competition, DECA provides lots of resources for chapters and members that can teach them other essentials to life and the business world such as fundraising, budgeting, how to plan, and  how to collaborate and how to improve on collaborating. Tips and other useful articles are sent into another useful resource, DECA direct on things such as advocacy, how to be a leader, etc. All of these things that we teach you could be applicable to the real world, outside of high school and DECA.
            On top of all of that, DECA does actually provide these experiences. We have these employment and internship partnerships, these partners even actually go ahead and engage with some of our members to provide them with a job or an internship either while they’re still in high school or after. Thus helping build up our DECA member’s experiences and making them Experienced Leaders.
 
The Employment and Internship Partnerships of DECA can be found at https://www.deca.org/partner/partners/#  if you want to find out anymore information.
 
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or simply just want to chat, please feel free to contact me! I’m here to help you.
Email: christina@fldeca.org
Twitter: @DECA_Delgado

​Howdy Florida DECA!
 So this month, I’m doing a Chapter Spotlight on District 10’s very own, Hialeah High DECA!
 Hialeah High DECA is located in Hialeah, Florida where the cafécito is as strong as the membership, and the plantanitos are as sweet as the family love in this chapter. HHS DECA has an awesome leadership team of 8 officers and their advisors are the amazing, Mr. Kenneth D'Amour and Mr. Quintero!
 HHS DECA has some fun events such as DECA Day with the Miami Marlins, their very own Hialeah High End of the Year DECA Picnic, and MDA Camp. They also participated in a 5K this past year for education! Through community service events such as these, Hialeah High DECA exemplified one of DECA’s core values of becoming Community Oriented! HHS DECA also has an academy of Business Entrepreneurship, in which it consists of three classes where members must excel in all of them to complete the academy.
 Hialeah High DECA has a rather small chapter of about 180 members. Although, over the past 8 to 9 years they’ve had several people qualify for CDC and a lucky amount qualify for ICDC.
 I want to congratulate HHS DECA for all of their successes over the years and wish them the best of luck in their future; their possibilities are LIMITLESS when they own their futures!
 If you’d like to keep up with what they’re doing their social media is..
Twitter: @HIALEAHDECA
INSTAGRAM: @HHSDECA
SNAPCHAT: HHSDECA
 If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or simply just want to chat, please contact me!
Twitter: @DECA_Delgado
Email: christina@fldeca.org
Snapchat: christydelgadoo

​Hey Florida DECA!
 It’s Christina, and this month I’ll be talking about the topic of Academically Prepared.
 So, when we talk about Academically Prepared, we mean a few things. For example, DECA members are ambitious, high - achieving leaders who are equipped to face any of the challenges of their aspirations. Also, being Academically Prepared does a few things, such as DECA integrating into classroom instruction, DECA applies learnings, DECA connects to business, and DECA promotes competition.
 Although, when you think about being Academically Prepared, you may simply think of competitions and preparation for those, there’s so much more to it. For example, DECA really does integrate into the classroom. Thanks to DECA, in my classes at my school I learned different things, such as how to run a business and the principles of entrepreneurship. I’ve also learned the different aspects of finance and hospitality as well. As for applies to learning, through the DECA classes offered at my school, I’ve had the opportunity to learn programs such as Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and others; I’ve even been certified in these programs! Moving on to connects to business, because of DECA, I have a pretty impressive resume and that’s something anyone can obtain simply by joining this association and becoming involved. I’ve learned how to truly work well on a team and how to be a better leader. I’ve also learned how to face different challenges in different & more efficient ways and I’ve gained awesome experiences, such as being a Charted Association Officer, that is surely a quality point on my resume and will look great on college & job applications.
 Finally, DECA really does carry on into the real world. A good amount of the things you learn through this association you see in things such as the work force and when you have to deal with people. DECA and all things that come with it and everything you earn from it is more than just a part of the high school and collegiate levels. These are things that could very well last forever and shape you as an individual.
 If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or simply just want to chat, please contact me!
 Email: christina@fldeca.org
Twitter: @DECA_Delgado

Hi there Florida DECA!
 My name is Christina Delgado, I’m apart of Team 60 & I’m one of your new VP’s. I wanted to start off by thanking everyone who got me into this extraordinary position I’m in today (it still doesn’t even feel quite real). My chapter was honestly so helpful and supportive and I don’t think I could have ended up here without them, I love them so incredibly much, so THANK YOU HML TROJAN DECA. Next, I wanna thank every single member of FL DECA. Without you guys, Florida DECA wouldn’t be what it is today. Your passion for this association is what makes it something worth being apart of. Thank you to everyone who actually listened to the speeches given at this year’s CDC, came to the candidates booths to support, asked their questions during caucus sessions, and finally voted for who the officers they felt as though would keep Florida DECA as amazing as it already is & plans to better it in any way they can.
 Also, here’s a few things about me, so you can all get to know me a little better. I got to Hialeah Miami Lakes SHS, in District 10 which is Miami Dade and I turn 17 years old in October. At my high school, I participate in a few extra curricular activities. Other then now being a member of DECA for two years now (I’m very proud to say I qualified for states twice), I’m in my school’s National Honor Society, I’m the Vice President of my class in SGA, and a member of a few more clubs. Although, I don’t play sports for any of the teams in my school, I did do marching band & winter guard during my freshman year and I danced ballet for 11 and a half years. As for my future, I’d like to attend a four year university maybe outside of Florida, if given the opportunity, and I would like to go in to business law as a career.
 Now, as for this upcoming year for DECA, I really hope to make everyone proud and I truly believe this is gonna be a wonderful year. I’m really grateful that I accomplished the milestone of being elected, but I still have a whole year to reach other milestones, and I get to do it alongside my team. The rest Team 60 and I are definitely going to make Florida DECA better. I’m so excited to see what has yet to come. It was also so awesome meeting everyone at States this year, and I can’t wait to see familiar faces at ICDC and maybe even meet some new ones. Remember, we are DECA, we are EPIC, and we’re going to own our future in Anaheim this year!
 If you have any questions or need anything please feel free to contact me!
christina@fldeca.org