About the Founders

Alice, Sonal, Tony, and Ishaan are seniors on the Lexington High School Varsity Debate team and have been debating for three years. They are so excited to work with young, aspiring debaters and help them develop their debate and public speaking skills!

Tony and Alice are Varsity Public Forum debaters, and they have won the 4th and 1st best speaker awards in Massachusetts, respectively. As a team, they have been ranked as high as 4th in the nation, championed the New England District Tournament twice, earned 6 qualification bids to the prestigious Tournament of Champions, qualified for the National Speech & Debate Tournament for 2 years in a row, and placed in the top 20 teams at national tournaments at Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Kentucky, and Emory University.
Ishaan and Sonal are Varsity Policy debaters, and they have won the 2nd and 1st best speaker awards in Massachusetts, respectively. As a team, they have been ranked as high as 1st in the nation, are Massachusetts State Champions in policy debate, qualified to and placed 12th at the National Speech & Debate Tournament, placed 2nd at the Yale University tournament, and placed in the top 20 teams at national tournaments like the New York City Speech & Debate Invitational and the Emory University tournament.