The DECA Inc. Communications team is excited to announce the 2025-2026 DECA Content Creators! From creating reels to writing DECA Direct Online articles, this team is here to showcase the best of the DECA experience.
To kick things off, we asked them a few quick, fun questions so you can get to know the faces behind the content. Learn more about each member's favorite DECA memory, their content style and what three emojis they would use to describe themselves below:
Kanika Agarwala, MA | @deca.kanika
- Favorite DECA Memory: Going to ICDC in Orlando and visiting all the amusement parks with my chapter!
- Content Style: Authentic
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🌊🌸😋
Carson Alexander, TN | @deca.carson
- Favorite DECA Memory: The feeling of accomplishment after completing my first SCDC roleplay. Unmatched.
- Content Style: Consistency
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 😹🫡🦸
Aarushi Anandakumar, TX | @aarushiideca
- Favorite DECA Memory: The connections I made during SCDC. I remember sitting in the hotel lobby with my roommates, playing cards with other DECA members I had just met!
- Content Style: Passionate
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: ☀️ 🎧 🍵
Marco Castro, AR | @marcoindeca
- Favorite DECA Memory: Taking half-mile walks to the Hampton Social with my friends after competitions and workshops to catch up on our time at ICDC while enjoying a delicious and aesthetically pleasing lunch.
- Content Style: Relevant
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🛍️🥂☀️
Lumyria Desma, NC | @ilove1umy
- Favorite DECA Memory: ICDC 2024, in Anaheim when I got to hang out in the DJ Booth and blast music with these random girls I met from Virginia.
- Content Style: Spontaneous
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: ⭐️😛🧘🏾
Luna Dominic, FL | @deca.luna_
- Favorite DECA Memory: Exploring EPIC Universe and competing at ICDC 2025!
- Content Style: Authentic
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: ✈️🎶💡
Aditi Gaddam, VA | @deca.aditi
- Favorite DECA Memory: Placing top 10 internationally with my partner at ICDC 2025!
- Content Style: Exciting
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: ✨🎨📸
Ben Gula, IL | @ben.gula
- Favorite DECA Memory: Trying all types of foods at Disney Springs.
- Content Style: Lighthearted
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🌃🌊😹
Ethan Hoang, CO | @deca.ethanhoang
- Favorite DECA Memory: Creating a basketball and DECA related talk show with Mason St Jean and Toby Qin where we peaked at 230 people watching at once!
- Content Style: Ineffable
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🔷🏀📣
Rayyan Khan, TX | @deca.rayyank
- Favorite DECA Memory: Attending ICDC in Orlando alongside my little brother!
- Content Style: Refreshing
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🤠🏙️🍦
Eesha Kothinti, WI | @eeshakothinti
- Favorite DECA Memory: One of my favorite memories is every night at State 2025 when our roommates all stayed up way too late just talking.
- Content Style: Expressive
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: ✈️📸💡
Bretton Lam, CA | @deca.bretton
- Favorite DECA Memory: DECA Night at Universal Studios
- Content Style: Dynamic
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 😁 🏀 🥳
Tran Nguyen, NC | @deca.tran
- Favorite DECA Memory: 2024 Power Trip! My friends and I grabbed ice cream, played mafia for hours, and roamed the city at night!
- Content Style: Gen-Z
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🩵🤗🍦
Gabrielle Paul, MA | @deca.gabby
- Favorite DECA Memory: Getting to watch rom-coms during states with the best roomies ever at Massachusetts SCDC!
- Content Style: Bubbly
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🎀🎧🌟
Annie Phan, WA | @deca.annie
- Favorite DECA Memory: SCDC 2025, getting boba with my chapter after competing and playing TACOCATGOATCHEESEPIZZA in the hotel lobby.
- Content Style: STARS
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🧋⭐️🪼
Amare Teel, SC | @scdeca_amare
- Favorite DECA Memory: Cramming 25+ DECA members into a hotel elevator at a conference because ‘we can all fit’….spoiler: we could not. (The capacity was 18)
- Content Style: EXTRA!
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🕺🙂↕️🔥
Olivia Thames, WI | @deca_liv_
- Favorite DECA Memory: Watching fireworks at Disney in the rain during my first ICDC!
- Content Style: Magnetic
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🌞🍓🫧
Wilsey Zahner, CT | @deca.wilsey
- Favorite DECA Memory: My first ICDC as a sophomore, I made it to the final round of competition and walked out expecting to be alone. Instead, I found my entire chapter waiting outside, anxious to hear how it went. I had never felt more supported or valued by my team, and I aim to exemplify that same care and dedication in my interactions with other members.
- Content Style: Instructional
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🤩🫶💠
Vivian Zhou, WA | @viviannzhou
- Favorite DECA Memory: Pin trading at ICDC and making new friends!
- Content Style: Lively
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 🌼⛰️🫧
Eileen Zhuge, MD | @eileenzhuge
- Favorite DECA Memory: Pin trading at ICDC Orlando this year! It was so fun being able to talk to DECA members from all over the country and swap pins with them.
- Content Style: Creative
- 3 Emojis Describing Yourself: 😝🎉☺️
Be sure to follow this year's team members to follow along as they create content telling their unique DECA story.
