Meet the team.

We hire the best of the best to coach students to success. Not only are our instructors highly successful debaters, they are also extraordinary people and superb teachers. See for yourself:

A Record of Success

Our instructors won tournaments including the Princeton University Invitational and  MA State Championships  and reached finals at NCFL Grand Nationals and at the University of Pennsylvania Invitational. They receive titles like the National Speech and Debate Association's prestigious New England Student of the Year and Academic All-American awards.

Our Teaching Expertise

Work exclusively with private debate instructors and seasoned speech and debate team captains who have the skills to make campers champions. All ADI instructors hold 4+ years of speech and debate success, ensuring unbeatable staff knowledge and teaching expertise. Based in Acton, ADI instructors have successful coached their first-year, novice debaters to #1 state championships two years in a row!

​2020 Instructors

Joshua Lee
Josh placed 1st in the state and 5th in the nation and has championed and won top speaker awards at the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Invitationals. He was ranked #3 in the country and will study business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Katherine Chen
Katherine won the New England District Tournament in LD Debate, placed 3rd in MA State Championships, and placed 5th at the Harvard Invitational. She captained the AB novice debate team and will attend Boston College.

Serena Han
Serena won top speaker at the Harvard Invitational in JVPF and placed in the top 20 at the NCFL Grand National Tournament. Serena served as AB's varsity debate team captain and will attend Harvard University.

Caleb Lazar
Caleb won the New England District Tournament in PF Debate and placed in the top 10 at Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, and the MA State Championship in Public Forum Debate. Caleb will attend Brown University.

Aadhiti Vallatharasu
Aadhiti served as captain of  the AB novice team. She won the Manchester Essex Invitational and placed in the top 4 at the 2018 MA State Championship. Aadhiti will study pre-law at UMD.

Samuel Chen
Sam captains the AB PF debate team. As a competitor, he won the Lexington tournament and placed in the top 10 at the Columbia University Invitational. Sam will attend Brown University.

Annie Stein
Annie won the 2018 MA State Speech Championship and placed 2nd in 2019.  She captained the Needham debate team and placed at Harvard and Columbia. Annie will study at Brown University.

Jessica Wu
Jessica championed the New England District Tournament in PF and placed in the top 10 at MA State Championships, Harvard, and Columbia. Jessica will study at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kelsey Rondini
Kelsey graduated from the Needham Speech and Debate Team and qualified to the NCFL National Championship in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Kelsey will study at Georgetown University. 

Amanda Wu
Amanda captains the AB novice debate team. She was the 1st-place champion of the 2019 MA State Championships in NLD and placed as 1st runner-up at the 2019 Yale University Invitational.

Eliza Madigan
Eliza captained NS novice debaters, coaching the top 4 2020 state champion teams. She placed in the top 10% of competitors at Harvard and Columbia. Eliza will study at Bowdoin College. 

​2019 Instructors

Gaurav Asthana
As a competitior, Gaurav ranked as high as 3rd in the country and 1st in MA. He placed 2nd at the Harvard University RR and represented AB at the 2018 Grand Nationals. Gaurav now studies at Georgetown University.

Paulina Hruskoci
Graduating as President of the Shrewsbury speech and debate team, Paulina won the 2019 New England Student of the Year award from the National Speech and Debate Association and placed at the Harvard and Yale Invitationals.

Shayan Raza
​Shayan graduated from Needham HS as captain of the speech and debate team and coached younger competitors. He placed 2nd in the country at the 2018 NCFL Grand Nationals and placed in out-rounds at the Harvard Invitational.

Yesha Shah
Yesha served as captain of the ABRHS debate team and succeeded at the Harvard University Invitational and the National Speech and Debate Championship. She now studies pre-law at the University of Florida.