Several LWSD students excel in future health professionals competition

Lake Washington School District students are ready to make a big splash in the health sciences industry. Nearly 90 individuals or teams finished in first place and many more placed in the top three at the 2025 HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Spokane March 11-13.

Students compete in more than 50 different categories. They attend workshops when they are not competing throughout the event. The conference focuses on providing opportunities for knowledge, skill and leadership development in health sciences.

The national conference will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 18-21. Those who place in the top three at the state event are eligible to compete at nationals (fourth place finishers may advance if others are unable to compete). 
Here is a list of the competitors from Eastlake High School (EHS), International Community School (ICS), Juanita High School (JHS), Lake Washington High School (LWHS), Redmond High School (RHS) and WANIC who finished in the top three along with their category and placement:

Eastlake High School (Advisor - Muddy Kinzer):

• Bonnie You and Varnika Elenthendral, CERT Skills, Third Place
• Akshaya Gowrabathini, Clinical Specialty, First Place
• Rehet Hans and Shravan Mahesh Kumar, Community Awareness, First Place
• Rianna Mohindra and Ashika Garg, Community Awareness, Second Place
• Benjamin Baik, Dental Terminology, First Place
• Harini Saravanan, Extemporaneous Writing-Health Policy, First Place
• Basudha Ghose, Family Medicine Physician, Second Place
• Basudha Ghose, Health Career Photography, Second Place
• Nikki Prashant and Ashlynn Zhao, Health Education, First Place
• Shrivas Vanimireddy, Healthy Living, First Place
• Akshara Guddeti, Healthy Living, Second Place
• Ron Saveliev, Satvik Desai and Shrivas Vanimireddy, Medical Innovation, First Place
• Sunehri Nog, Pathophysiology, Second Place
• Bonnie You, Pharmacy Science, Third Place
• Shravan Mahesh Kumar, Prepared Speaking, First Place
• Akshaya Gowrabathini, Veterinary Science, Second Place

Lake Washington High School (Advisors - Jill Lewinski, Kristen Popescu and Ashley Zydel):

• Rachel Friend, Ashwika Mattam, Sana Hoque and Anoushka Oka, Creative Problem Solving, Third Place
• Nega Angelita, Jesu Narkarunai Arasu and Neha Dhariwal, Creative Problem Solving, Fourth Place
• Anjitha Gurrala and Leanna Dsouza, Forensic Science, Second Place
• Anjitha Gurrala and Leanna Dsouza, Health Care Display, Second Place
• Eunjae Jeon, Sports Medicine, First Place

International Community School (Advisor - Tim McFaul):

• Emily Zhang, Dental Terminology, Third Place
• Rainia Masters, Mrunalika Karthik, Anika Dhar and Tvisha Kapur, Foundations of HOSA Bowl, First Place
• Hria Karthikeyan, Foundations of Veterinary Science, First Place
• Samuel Friend, Human Growth and Development, First Place
• Samuel Friend, Medical Terminology, Second Place
• Emily Zhang, Nutrition, First Place
• Leonard Lannynd, Nutrition, Second Place
• Samuel Friend, Nutrition, Third Place
• Adam Elgazzar and Harris Janjua, Public Service Announcement, First Place

Juanita High School (Advisors - Kevin Clemente, Alexandra Pike):

• Vihaan Rawal, ATC Environmental Health, Third Place
• Elaine Jin, ATC Microbiology, First Place
• Skylar Paulsen, Clinical Laboratory Science, Second Place
• Cesar Carrillo, Personal Care, First Place
• Yashasri Kotapati, Prepared Speaking, Second Place
• Vihaan Rawal, Healthcare Issues Recognition, Fourth Place
• Shreya Singal, Human Growth and Development, Fourth Place
• Silvia Amiras, Extemporaneous Writing, Fourth Place
• Bhavya Kottapalli, Barbara James Bronze Level
• Adya Soni, Barbara James Gold Level
• Mithran Vijayanand, Adya Soni and Oorvi Sharma, ILC Placement for Emotional Well-Being Challenge
• Barun Acharya and Bhavya Kottapalli, ILC Placement for Emotional Well-Being Challenge
• Jeffrey Wang and Yeray Rodriguez, ILC Placement for Emotional Well-Being Challenge

Redmond High School (Advisors - Karilyn Bradwisch, Melanie Williams and Michael Finley):

• Stephanie Chen, ATC-Career Development, First Place
• Swetha Mandaleeka, ATC-General Chemistry, First Place
• Julia Wen, Biotechnology, First Place
• Lavanya Sharma, Health Career Photography, First Place
• Nandika Devarajan, Job Seeking Skills, First Place
• Theodore Chen, Medical Math, First Place
• Diya Rajkumar, Medical Reading, First Place
• Sophia Hsu and Nicole Cheng, Mental Health Promotion, First Place
• Stephanie Chen, ATC-Math for Health Professionals, Second Place
• Vivian Song, Nia Agarwal and Prerna Juturi, Biomedical Debate, Second Place
• Vishnu Vijeyanandh, Health Informatics, Second Place
• Ria Jayanti, Human Growth & Development, Second Place
• Alice Zhao, Medical Assisting, Second Place
• Shreya Kumar, Medical Law and Ethics, Second Place
• Luke Lee, Medical Math, Second Place
• Swetha Mandaleeka, Research Poster, Second Place
• Sihan Chen, ATC-General Chemistry, Third Place
• Syed Ali, Biotechnology, Third Place
• Sihan Chen, Clinical Specialty, Third Place
• Sihan Chen, Health Informatics, Third Place
• Ann Joby, Human Growth & Development, Third Place
• Akshith Sama, ATC-Environmental Health, Fourth Place
• Anya Nanda, ATC-General Chemistry, Fourth Place
• Aanya Surukanti and Sahasra Voruganti, Medical Innovation, Fourth Place
• Aanya Surukanti, Medical Terminology, Fourth Place

WANIC (Advisor - Katrina Kindred):

• Jonathan Nguyen, Sophia Gleason-Geise, Brendan Hallberg and Abraham Sinaga, HOSA Bowl Champions - First Place
• Jonathan Nguyen, Medical Terminology, Third Place
• Lilly Alcorn, Nursing Assistant, Second Place
• Mackenzie Miller, Nursing Assistant, Third Place
• Sanjana Medikurthi and Aarya Binoy, Barbara James Volunteer Hours (Gold Status - over 500 hundred hours of volunteering)