Award-winning speech and debate coach with over 30 years of competitive debate experience

Recipient of NSDA Diamond Coaching Award and Teacher of the Year in Houston, Texas

Coached teams to over 1,000 tournament awards, including multiple championships and top speaker awards at Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Georgetown, and other top international tournaments

Former executive director of the Houston Urban Debate League and program director of the Minnesota Urban Debate League, which produced both state and national champions.