Congratulations to the 2025-26 Lead4Change Community Service Challenge Winners

Jan 26, 2026

DECA Inc. and Lead4Change are pleased to announce the winners of this year's Community Service Challenge. The challenge provided students with an opportunity to identify a real problem in their community or school and develop a service project that has an impact.

Each of the top three winning teams will be recognized on stage during the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, GA, this April.

Congratulations to the following DECA members:

1st Place:

Vedanth Kashyap, Charlotte Cone and Ethan Yeng | Hyde Park High School, TX

2nd Place:

Alice Sun, Jane Huang, JinShan Li and Lionel Lu | Mission San Jose High School, CA

3rd Place:

Navdeep Mopuri, Sravya Tatiraju and Poornasi Panchumarthi | Heritage High School, TX

Thank you to Lead4Change for sponsoring the challenge!

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