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Aaira Masood and Kamsi Dukes from Grand Prairie School for the Highly Gifted took first place in the May 16 South Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge with their business idea Child Guardian. [Photo: NFTE]
7 DFW Students Win ‘Shark Tank’-Like Entrepreneurship Challenge, Will Compete Nationally in NYC
by Lance Murray | May 21, 2025
The young entrepreneurs will present their innovative business ideas at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship national finals in New York on Oct. 8 to compete for the National Champion title and cash prizes.
![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
