(photo courtesy of the BHUSD)

Having placed first in the SkillsUSA Los Angeles County regionals and then first at the state competition, rising senior Sima Arslan represented the state of California at the SkillsUSA National Championships in Atlanta.

The commercial baking competi­tion involves written knowledge exams, and Arslan baked seven items in front of spectators gathered in the Georgia World Congress Center and judges who graded technique, taste, safety/hygiene and production sched­ule. Arslan placed in the Top 15 of the national field of baking students.