Meet the team.
A roster of national champions and decorated coaches, invested in helping every student reach their full potential.
Founders
Sebastian Cho
University of Michigan
Sebastian has coached over 100 LD bids and the champions of the Glenbrooks, Valley, Stanford, and Tournament of Champions. As a policy debater, he reached NDT Quarterfinals; as a coach, he's developed NDT First Round and Quarterfinals teams. He focuses on meeting students where they are, innovating argument strategy, and using debate as a vehicle for intellectual growth.
Shreeram Modi
New York University
Shreeram has coached the LD TOC champion (2026), finalist and semi-finalist (2025), and winners of major national tournaments including NDCA, Cal, and the Glenbrooks. He emphasizes thorough pre-tournament preparation, and building students' critical thinking so they can construct and answer arguments independently. His coaching philosophy is informed by a deep appreciation for the debate community, and centers around helping students develop as thinkers and people.
Aidan Etkin
Stony Brook University
Aidan coached the #1 ranked policy team to TOC Quarterfinals three times. In LD, he coached the 2026 TOC finalist and semi-finalist.
Staff
Gianna Ledesma
Chief People Officer · University of Michigan
Gianna cares about accessibility in debate first and foremost—she learned from a wide variety of experiences, most notably through volunteering with NAUDL, which informs her role as an administrator, making sure everything runs smoothly and safely from behind the scenes. As a debater, she's focused on chicana feminism and performance, but is also well known for being one of the most flexible debaters. Outside of debate she researches the intersection of religion and settler colonialism, as well as clinical psychology.
Mira Baba
University of Michigan
8 CX bids, college debater.
Ethan Camp
Northwestern University
CX TOC finalist (2026), top speaker; Michigan, Glenbrooks champion.
Rohan Chalamalasetti
University of Michigan
CX TOC, Glenbrooks, MBA, St Marks quarterfinalist.
Vishwa Charabuddi
Emory University
#10 in nation in HS, college debater.
Leo Federspiel
University of Notre Dame
3x CX TOC qualifier, State Champion, Harvard Invitational Champion.
Alex Jayaratne
Northwestern University
LD TOC finalist (2026), Emory top speaker.
Jimmy Li
Harvard University
CX TOC, Barkley Forum, Cal, NDCA champion.
William Li
University of Pennsylvania
Won the Cal RR and UK Season Opener.
Emmanuel Makinde
New York University
4x NDT Qualifier, 2x Elims; CEDA Quarter-finalist
Om Modi
University of California, Berkeley
LD TOC finalist (2025), Glenbrooks and NDCA champion.
Alex Mojica
Wake Forest University
NDT Quarterfinalist, First Round At-Large Bid recipient.
Nilesh Mudupalli
University of California, Santa Barbara
Coached the LD TOC Champion (2025, 2026) and finalist (2025).
Lucia Patterson
Northwestern University
3x CX TOC qualifier; Quarterfinalist; Octofinalist
Thais Perez
Wake Forest University
College policy debater, UMN top speaker.
Ayush Potdar
Georgia Institute of Technology
Coached 2025 Baker winner and TOC finalist; 11 bids, Michigan and Blake top speaker.
Graham Revare
University of Kansas
2x NDT finalist, 2025 Copeland winner.
Bodhi Rosen
Texas State
4 LD bids, champion of the Strake Jesuit Tournament.
Rishi Shetty
University of Michigan
NDT Octofinalist, coached the CX TOC winner (2026).
Ike Song
University of Michigan
NDT and Copeland winner, proponent of fun.
Kaitlyn Tapia
Dartmouth College
Greenhill RR champion; Loyola, Grapevine, Greenhill finalist.
Kento Taylor
Emory University
CX TOC finalist (2025), coached the LD TOC champion (2026).
Nate Watkins
University of Texas, Austin
Greenhill, JW Patterson, Grapevine Finalist; TOC Quarterfinalist.
Coralynn Yang
Emory University
First Round At-Large Bid recipient, coached the LD TOC winner (2025).
Ethan Yang
University of California, Los Angeles
3x TOC eliminations, Berkeley semifinalist.
Our Public Forum roster is being finalized for the 2026–27 season. In the meantime, you can read about the Public Forum cohort model on our plans page.