SkillsUSA
Champions At Work: Ignite Your Potential!
Welcome to the South Pasadena High School SkillsUSA page!
SkillsUSA is a national CTE student organization that is based on Workplace Experiences, Leadership Development, Financial Management, Partner and Alumni Engagement, Community Engagement and Advocacy and Marketing. Founded in 1965.
2024-2025 Chapter Officers:
President: Colette Tam
Vice President: TBA
Secretary: Chloe Moon
Treasurer: Maya Goldberg
Reporter: Allison Yeh
Parliamentarian: Elliot Kwon
Sentinel: Ellin Kim
Historian: Georgia Calvert
Videographer: TBA
Website: https://skillsusasphs.wordpress.com
Members-Only Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sphsskillsusa
Public Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SPHS-SkillsUSA-145006745943154
X (Formerly Twitter): @skillsusasphs
Instagram: @sphs_skillsusa
SkillsUSA California State Conference 2025
Silver Medalist: Andrew Kim - Job Demo, 3D Animation
Bronze Medalist: Isabelle Mullican - Facilithon
Bronze Medalists: Georgia Calvert, Abigail Montgomery, Ryan Wong - Outstanding Chapter
State Leadership Elections: Pei-Chen Ng - elected to serve on the SkillsUSA California Leadership team as Regional Vice President
SkillsUSA Regionals 2025
Gold Medalist: Chaslyn Bradford - Facilithon
Gold Medalist: Andrew Kim - Job Demo Open
Gold Medalist: Pragya Sharma - Nurse Assisting
Gold Medalists: Ryan Wong, Georgia Calvert, Abigail Tesfaye - Outstanding Chapter
Silver Medalist: Kaitlyn Lowstuter - Nurse Assisting
Silver Medalists: Lindy Joe, Colette Tam, Natalia Avila - Promotional Bulletin Board
Bronze Medalist: Ben Ervin - Computer Programming
Bronze Medalist: Isabelle Mullican - Facilithon
Bronze Medalists: Maya Goldberg, Ellin Kim - Emergency Medical Technician
Bronze Medalists: Kyan Lobbia, Yumin Kim - Interactive Application and Game Design
Bronze Medalist: Danielle Bass - Prepared Speech
Bronze Medalists: Amishi Mahadev, Gwendolyn Culbert - Web Design
SkillsUSA Career Essentials Microcredentialists: Chloe Liu, Maxwell Weng, Celine Ishizaki, Archer Buettner Heller, Kenneth Mogel, Daniel Jang
SkillsUSA State 2024

Gold Medalists: Kevin Pietrzik, Ryan Wong, Georgia Calvert - Outstanding Chapter
Gold Medalist: Chaslyn Bradford - Facilithon
Silver Medalist: Sophia Mertzel - T-Shirt Design
Bronze Medalist: Progs Sharma - Nurse Assisting
Bronze Medalists: Geegou Lee, Nicole Sawano, Justine Zee, Miriam Dever - Health Knowledge Bowl
Bronze Medalists: Ethan Kang, Peter Xie, Alay Shah - Career Pathways Business
Statesman Awards: Bianca Lao, Chloe Moon, Abbey Montgomery, Isabelle Mullican
SkillsUSA State 2023
Silver Medalist: Geeyou Lee - Medical Terminology
Silver Medalist: Chaslyn Bradford - Customer Service
Bronze Medalists: Linus Eisenberg, Treyton Freking, Cai Chun Lin,
Ethan Masjedi - Entrepreneurship
The South Pasadena chapter was recognized as a Gold Medal Chapter of
Distinction in the Chapter Excellence competition, and was awarded $3300 for
their activities.
SkillsUSA Nationals 2022
Caitlyn Chailitilerd - National Competitor in Job Skills
Robert Zelenak - National Competitor Facilithon
Allison Lee - National Delegate
SkillsUSA State 2021
Gold Medalists: Gabriel Vogel, Nadia Cho, Peter Xie, Eden Kim - Entrepreneurship
Gold Medalist: Caitlyn Chailitilerd - Job Skills
Gold Medalist: Robert Zelenak - Facilithon
Gold Medalist: Ethan Xie - Related Technical Math
Gold Medalist: James Wooton - Graphic Design Imaging Dye Sublimation
SkillsUSA Nationals 2021
Gold Medalists: Avik Gautam, Annalea Pearson, Oscar Cassidy, Isha Zafra - Entrepreneurship
Bronze Medalist: Maya Villasenor - Graphic Imaging Dye Sublimation
Finalists (Top 9): Chris Kuizon, Kiana Dettman, Cyrus Hulme
SkillsUSA Nationals 2019
Gold Medalists: Jolene Lee, Talulla Chow, Luyang Zhang - Occupational Health and Safety Notebook
National Delegates: Mollie Parker, Mahal Montes
Certificate Recipient: Jeffrey Oh - Screen Printing
Certificate Recipient: Alex Parra - Computer Programming
Certificate Recipients: Jolene Lee, Alicia Zhang, Luyang Zhang - Occupational Health and Safety Notebook
SkillsUSA Nationals 2018
Bronze Medalists: Liz Osoy, Sebastian Chinen, Peter Suh - Community Service
National Delegates: Damian Ugalde, Mollie Parker
SkillsUSA Nationals 2017
Bronze Medalists: Danielle Choy, Natalie Deng, Hayley Villapudua, Brandon Lee - Entrepreneurship
Trivia!!
Our first State President was Victoria Venardi.
We recieved the first 100% Score in Community Service.
The Conference brochure cover was designed by member Erin Soohoo.
The State Conference T-shirt was designed by Ryan Chavez.
We have received the Gold Level Chapter of Excellence 3 years in a row.
Thank you to our SkillsUSA advisors: Sandra Matson-Fennell, Janna Connor, Mike Hogan, Garrett Shorr, Anthony Garcia, and Eef Vanlersal.