The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of HOSA: Future Health Professionals competed in the Area 3 Spring Leadership Conference on January 13-14 at Allen High School. The conference hosted approximately 1600 students who competed in over 50 events.

Junior Erika Mickens placed 3rd in Medical Art poster and has advanced to State. The Medical Art poster category requires students to create artwork that will stimulate others to explore health care and to communicate this interpretation through the development of a creative, artistic, and informational poster.

Additional MPHS HOSA competitors were Kaylee Connally in Extemporaneous Writing, Arielys Dennise Brito Torres and Isari Gonzalez in Job Seeking Skills, Elijah Rider and Zulma Mejia in Prepared Speaking, Saul Alvarado in Research Poster, Natalie Crockett, Ethan Harbor, and Perla Guzman in Community Awareness Team, Amy Santillan, Ariana Cruz, and Katherine Adame in Health Education Team, and Madeline Plascencia in Medical Art Poster.

Mickens will compete at the Texas HOSA State Leadership Conference on March 28-30 at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock. MPHS HOSA advisors include Kristi Houchin, Cortney McCallum, Sarah Carrell, and Mandy Hutchings.

Photos:

1: Erika Mickens with her state advancing Medical Art Poster.

2: MPHS HOSA Area 3 Spring Leadership Conference competitors