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MTC sending two students to compete in international competition

By Ryan McKinnon

rmckinnon@bradenton.com
Dental and medical assisting students competed at the Florida HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Orlando. Pictured L-R: Shalia Evans, Gabrielle Hook, Heather Thielen, MTC Advisor Kimberly Bland, Emily White, Kierrah Stanford, Alicia Stanford. Thielen and Hook qualified to compete at the international level in June.
Dental and medical assisting students competed at the Florida HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Orlando. Pictured L-R: Shalia Evans, Gabrielle Hook, Heather Thielen, MTC Advisor Kimberly Bland, Emily White, Kierrah Stanford, Alicia Stanford. Thielen and Hook qualified to compete at the international level in June. Photo courtesy of Manatee Technical College
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Manatee Technical College is sending two of its own dental-assisting students to compete in an international competition in June.

Dental-assisting students Heather Thielen and Gabrielle Hook took home first place and third place, respectively, in the HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference April 6 to 9 in Orlando. Their top finishes ensured them a spot in HOSA’s international competition, to be held in Lake Buena Vista in June.

HOSA, a career and technical student organization, holds competitions for students to showcase their skills in an array of trades. Manatee Technical College hosted the HOSA Future Health Professionals Regional Competitive Events Conference on Feb. 2.

MTC dental-assistant student Emily White finished fifth at the Orlando competition.

Ryan McKinnon: 941-745-7027, @JRMcKinnon

This story was originally published April 11, 2017 at 1:50 PM with the headline "MTC sending two students to compete in international competition."

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