The Forensics Experience

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In this episode, we learn all about Ascend and what they are doing for the Speech and Debate community... Enjoy! 

For more info about Ascend New York or to sign up before early registration closes on April 3rd: https://www.ascendspeech.org/overview

Quest's Bio:

Quest Sandel is the Chief Executive Officer, Ascend New York Camp Director, and Curriculum Director of Congressional Debate at Ascend Speech and Debate. Quest has been running in-person debate camps of various sizes since 2016 and was the camp director of Ascend’s virtual debate camps in 2020 and 2021. Outside of Ascend, he has served in three key areas of speech and debate community. He has served as a tournament director at dozens of tournaments ranging from local tournaments to major national invitationals and championship tournaments. In addition to directing tournaments, he serves with the best Congress coaches in the country on the Tournament of Champions Advisory Committee for Congressional Debate.

As a coach, he was the Director of Speech & Debate at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California from 2016 to 2021 and now serves as an advisor. He is now the Head Coach of Congressional Debate at James Logan High School in Union City, California. Since he started coaching, he has coached multiple national finalists in Congressional Debate, including the 2019 NSDA Senate National Champion, the Champion of the 2020 Tournament of Champions, the 2021 CHSSA State Champion, the 2020 & 2021 NSDA Senate Runners-up, the 2021 Senate Leadership Bowl winner, the top presiding officer of the 2020 NSDA House, as well as four other NSDA top six placements. His students across events have seen broad success at tournaments across the country, consistently making outrounds and often winning at major tournaments such as the Tournament of Champions, NSDA Nationals, NCFL Nationals, MLK, Harvard, Emory, Glenbrooks, Yale, Stanford, Blake, Arizona State, Berkeley, and CHSSA State. He believes that the voice of a student can change the world. Whether he is teaching competitive speech and debate, public speaking, or critical thinking, he pushes students to find and use their voices. He is committed to the idea that Ascend will ensure students are ready to use their voice whether it be in a debate round, the classroom, a college interview, or any other facet of their life. This will be done with a curriculum focused on the vital aspects of public presentation, education on complex issues, and the foundational aspects of argumentation. In his free time, Quest enjoys hanging out with his dog Alpine, hiking, sampling lemonade at restaurants across the country, reading a new book, watching Marvel, or traveling to a new place. Join Ascend right now to work with Quest and many other fantastic coaches.

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In this episode, we talk about so many things but I do go on a long monologue about my future... Enjoy!

Y4moni's Bio:

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In this episode, we just laugh, this is way different than what I thought it was!

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In this episode, we learn all about Isabel and her dedication to creating a much more accessible Speech and Debate!

Isabel's Bio: Isabel Mavrides-Calderon is a 16 year old disability rights activist. She advocates for civil rights, policy change, anti-ableism and access for the disabled community. She is also an orator on the speech circuit and loves public speaking in and out of speech and debate.

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In this episode, we learn all about Triumph Debate and their dedication to Speech and Debate!

You can Learn all about them at https://triumphdebate.com/

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In this episode, we are graced with the presence of a Hall of Fame member, his insight is truly spectacular!

About Robert:

Robert Cannon is a National Forensics Association Hall of Fame member, who has been involved in the speech and debate community since 1993.  After setting several state high school records in Tennessee, he attended Southern Illinois University, where he double-majored in Film & Photography.  In 2009, Cannon became a national champion in Informative Speaking National Forensics Association, and was a top 10 speaker at the American Forensics Association.  After earning a master’s degree in 2011, Cannon began teaching at Glendale Community College and Wilshire Academy.  He is president of the Southern California Junior Forensics League and a founding member of National Online Forensics.

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In this episode, we meet Jenny Lorenzo and learn of hilarious and amazing Speech and Debate Experience.

About Jenny:

Jenny Lorenzo is a Cuban-American actor, writer and content creator, born and raised in Miami, who is known for her work on We Are Mitú and is one of the original co-founders of BuzzFeed's Pero Like.

Jenny became a viral sensation with her beloved Abuela character that has garnered millions of views online along with her relatable, Latino-based content seen through the comedic and nostalgic lens of a 1st generation Cuban-American. In other words, living in the hyphen.

She was nominated for a Tecla Award in 2017 for "Best Content Creator for a Digital Network” and won "Best Character" for Abuela at the Tecla Awards 2018 and “Creator of the Year” at the Tecla Awards 2019.

In 2017, Lorenzo was a participant in the Women in Comedy program at YouTube Space LA in partnership with Elizabeth Banks and WhoHaHa. She was selected out of 12 women for the program and then chosen to be personally mentored by Elizabeth, herself.

In 2018, Jenny consistently sold out her first SPANK show at Upright Citizen's Brigade called, "Wow! Que Show!" along with her comedy pals known as the Chonga Girls.

She graduated from Miami-Dade College (Kendall) with a degree in Theatre-Arts and then double-majored in Motion Pictures and Theatre-Arts the University of Miami. While there, she was the head-writer for their award-winning college comedy show, Off the Wire.

A few years later, she moved from Miami to Los Angeles to kick start her career as an actor and content creator.

Since going solo to focus on her own content last year, Jenny has since developed 6 new characters that are being very well received on her platforms and has worked with various brands such as Amazon, Netflix, DiGiorno, and Avengers: Infinity War to name a few.

She now has a podcast called Hyphenated with comedian, Joanna Hausmann, and co-hosts alongside Andre Meadows for the official Disney+ YouTube channel called, What’s Up, Disney+!

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In this episode, we meet Rachel West, one of the best Debate coaches in Florida! 

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