Chen, Guarraci lead exceptional Penn showing at DECA Internationals

Penn students Chris Chen and David Guarraci placed second in Entrepreneurship TDME at the DECA International Career Development Conference. The event, April 27-30, in Anaheim, Calif., featured more than 23,000 students from around the world.

Chen and Guarraci, who are both Juniors, received the DECA international Glass Plaque. They are the first Penn DECA students to place at ICDC.

Penn’s Megan Zhang, Luna Liu and Zaina Arain were finalists in Franchise Business Plan, finishing in the Top 20 in that event.

Under the direction of Penn DECA sponsor Kyle Berres, 18 Penn students in various events and two groups made it to the finals in their category. Each category has 200-250 teams, who all qualified by placing in the Top 3 in their state. The teams of Chen and Guarraci, and Zhang, Lui and Arain are only the third and fourth Penn teams to reach the ICDC finals.

Click here for the awards show. Chen and Guarraci receive their award at 1:45:40.