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She is passionate about youth literacy and is a former high school debater herself. One of her favorite quotes is "You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world, and you have to do it all the time" by Angela Davis. The urgency in this quote reminds her of the importance of her commitment to constantly challenge the American political landscape while also educating today's youth to believe in themselves and their abilities to effect change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/ac443e0a-743e-4a54-b791-c9be62798dac/68450903_2292442547529963_722378173081190400_n+-+Texas+Debate+Collective.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Isaac Chao Isaac is a teacher and debate coach in Houston, Texas and has worked as an educator since 2015. As a coach, Isaac runs a full service program and coaches across the spectrum of speech and debate, although he primarily fields teams in LD, PF, and CD. He has spent the past 10 years coaching students who compete through the Houston Urban Debate League and other local and national circuits. Isaac's debate interests include creative disad/counterplan combinations and working through higher-order debate concepts (including critical literature) with students. This will be his 10th summer at TDC and his 6th round as administrator! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/6c63b9bd-895b-4e6a-bfe8-02b0132d86bf/Screenshot+2025-06-03+101617+-+Josh+Cheng.png LD Faculty & Staff - Joshua Cheng Josh debated LD at Dulles High School for 4 years in LD and Policy and is a rising freshman at Rice University. Qualifying to the TFA and accuring a bid to the TOC, he mostly went for the K on both the aff and neg, specifically logistics, Deleuze, empire, settler colonialism, and capitalism. Outside of debate, he enjoys running, reading novels, and listening to R&B. He's excited to get to work with everyone at TDC this summer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/b704ac1b-0cca-4370-ab74-04e1e079f447/Screenshot+2025-06-24+200423.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Amanda Ciocca Amanda holds a dual B.A from Florida State University in Women Studies and Media Communications and she is currently is finishing her Master's Degree in Women Studies. She graduated from West Broward High School in 2019, competing in Lincoln- Douglas. She specializes in critical literature with a focus on feminism, queer theory, Latine/x lit, hauntology, and ecocritical literature. She's had students qualify to the TOC, make it to late elims of tournaments like Strake Jesuit and Harvard, and consistently earn speaker awards. Her non-debate related hobbies include: taking care of her tortoise, watching Studio Ghibli movies, and finding niche literature to hyperfixate on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/c51ad76b-54e2-4c62-a1c5-7fce478778ee/Screenshot+2024-05-03+223704.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Nathaniel Council Nathaniel Council is president of the Texas Forensic Association, past president of the West Texas Speech Association and a two diamond NSDA coach from Pampa, Texas. He has coached students to elimination rounds in TFA, UIL and NSDA state and national tournaments in a wide variety of events. His major project at the moment is creating a collection of useable frameworks to allow students to have access to various philosophical approaches to strengthen rhetoric and increase the breadth of education in Lincoln Douglas Debate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/51e6e53a-af29-4c44-8feb-fb5080bfde34/TaviaSenior-47.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Tavia Gabrysch Tavia Gabrysch was a policy debater in high school for 4 years. Their debate interests include performance and kritikal identity affirmatives. Tavia has a bachelor's degree in English from UT Austin, with dual minors in Pre-Health Professions and Philosophy. This fall, she will be 2L law student at Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she plans to focus on queer rights law, education law, and disability rights law. Outside of debate, Tavia enjoys Sanderson and Austen novels, videogames, and theatre. 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They're currently attending UT Austin for Computer Science and Asian American Studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/125f401e-f585-4976-adf8-0c7ee9ea3363/2025-05-10+07.28.12+-+Fahim+Jahingir.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Fahim Jahingir Fahim is a rising freshman at UT Austin and debated for Jordan High School for four years. He primarily competed in LD, acquiring 3 career bids and advanced to late elimination rounds at various prestigious tournaments across the country. He specializes in the K, being primarily versed on Settler Colonialism, Racial Capitalism, and Cybernetics, while also having supplementary knowledge in philosophical positions such as Hobbes, Kant, and Butler. Outside of debate, he likes to play pickleball and basketball with his friends as well as watch anime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/8db0c4ff-9f4e-497a-8429-c9d13f77e210/Screenshot+2025-06-24+193842.png LD Faculty & Staff - Nate Kruger Nate debated for Hunter College High School in Lincoln Douglas for four years before debating policy at Wake Forest University. In high school, Nate qualified to the Tournament of Champions and reached finals of the Ridge Debates. In college, Nate reached the quarterfinals of CEDA as a freshman, co-championed the Wayne State Invitational, and reach finals at the Binghamton University tournament and Mid America Championship. Nate has coached students at Hunter College High School and the Oakwood School in varying formats, and has helped freshmen reach the Tournament of Champions. Nate is currently a Ph.D. student at Vanderbilt University, where he researches how young people think about and take action against racial and economic inequality. He's thrilled to work at TDC this year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/7989f573-83d7-4b66-b74c-ded290075c77/IMG_4902+-+Miles+Kshatriya.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Miles Kshatriya Miles Kshatriya competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate for four years at Clear Lake High School, with two career bids reading the K. Miles has also qualified for the TFA tournament four times, getting to octo-finals in his senior year. He has the most circuit experience reading the K on the aff and the neg engaging in critical queer and settler colonial literature. He also has amble experience in traditional debate. 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During my career I qualified to Nationals three years. For the last four years I've been coaching high school debate, while I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/5473f52c-a1b4-49ad-bd5b-2b4ec2d3142b/Matuszeski+Headshot+-+Matthew+Matuszeski.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Matthew Matuszeski Matt debated 2 years at Millard North High School in Omaha Nebraska and after graduating in 2017 debated 1 year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Matt has since coached at Millard North, Lincoln high school and The Bergen Debate Club. While there he has had students qualify to the Tournament of Champions and NSDA Nationals. Matt has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/4376cdc6-d181-43be-9733-57d3c3fe7781/FullSizeRender+-+Lindsey+McNamara.jpg LD Faculty & Staff - Lindsey McNamara Lindsey debated for William T. Dwyer high school for 4 years in LD as a lone wolf, graduating in 2017. She also competed for University of Florida’s policy debate team where she also received her bachelors degree in Psychology. Throughout her high school career, Lindsey made it to elim rounds at Yale and Harvard as well as it to bid rounds at Crestian, Blue Key, Emory, and Sunvitational- receiving 1 bid her Senior year. She also qualified for both NSDA and NCFL nationals all 4 years, making it to elim rounds her junior and senior year. Lindsey debated with both traditional and progressive styles focusing on philosophy and K debate. 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I’m Oyindamola Akintola (commonly referred to as Oyin), and I’m excited to be coaching the World Schools division this summer. I’ve competed in World Schools throughout high school and previously served as the President of my Speech & Debate team. My WSD team is a two-time Houston City Champion (2023 and 2025), and we’ve had the honor of breaking to outrounds at NSDA Nationals, placing in the top 16 in 2023 and top 32 in 2024. Debate has taught me so many great things, and I can’t wait to help others grow in all those areas too. I’m passionate about making debate fun and meaningful, so let's do it together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/b1c6e3c5-d8d8-4d54-b59c-4e8bf20faaad/IMG_4830+-+Mingyi+Chen.jpg WS Faculty & Staff - Mingyi Chen Mingyi Chen is an incoming freshman at Texas A&M University who competed in Public Forum debate for four years at Bellaire High School. During his career, he earned five Tournament of Champions bids and qualified multiple times for both the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament and the National Speech & Debate Association Nationals. He advanced to late elimination rounds at major tournaments, including TFA State, Grapevine and Churchill. Throughout high school, Mingyi regularly coached middle and high school students on weekends. A former student at TDC, he is really excited to be coming back this year as an instructor. He enjoys discussing debate topics such as casing, drills, and flay debate. Outside of debate, he likes to play violin, read fantasy/sci-fi, and visit national parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/d2ee43bc-7358-4129-810b-a45fb080d484/LRS2022-17+-+Maritza+Maldonado.jpg WS Faculty & Staff - Maritza Maldonado Hello, I am Maritza and I am a freshman at Austin College. I am majoring in Political Science and am in Pre-Law society and the Austin College mock trial team. I did world schools debate in high school at Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's leadership school. I have competed for three years at Irma Rangel YWLS in World Schools Debate and attended tournaments through the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance (DUDA), Texas Forensic Association State, and NSDA National Circuit.This will be my second year teaching at TDC and I am so excited! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/c32b0193-1fc5-41f5-a5c0-ea0e46e2ce74/Screenshot+2023-06-01+005930.jpg WS Faculty & Staff - Andy Stubbs Andy Stubbs serves as the curriculum coordinator for the Houston Urban Debate League and the Harris County Department of Education's CASE Debates project. He assists in coaching numerous schools within the Houston Urban Debate League and consults for The Kinkaid School. Previously, he held the position of head coach at St. John's School. 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I competed in both policy and Lincoln Douglas in the Urban Debate League, state forensics, and national level. During and after high school I judged and coached for the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 2021' and my Masters in Education with a focus on Social Sciences in 2022'. I'm now a full-time teacher in Oakland, California teaching 6th grade History and English Language Arts. My special interests are anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, structural violence, animal intelligence, Central American history, and overall philosophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b0b961e5ffd204fa7bdbb68/2354633e-dc56-41b9-a05d-bca815cc017f/Kris%2BWright+-+Isaac+Chao.jpg Teachers Faculty & Staff - Kris Wright Kris Wright has been coaching debate for over thirteen years. He is the Director of Debate for Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School in Dallas. He is also a co-founder of TDC. 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