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. ADI is unique as the ​only local day debate camp which guarantees that every instructor is a high school graduate with 4+ years of speech and debate experience, ensuring unbeatable staff knowledge and teaching expertise.

​2020 Instructors

Joshua Lee
Josh has championed and won top speaker awards at tournaments like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the State Championships, and has ranked as high as #3 nationally. Josh will study business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Katherine Chen
Katherine won the NCFL New England District Tournament and placed 3rd in MA. She captains her school novice debate and served as her town's head debate instructor. Katherine 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 serves as her school's varsity debate captain and will attend Harvard University.

Aadhiti Vallatharsu
Aadhiti is captain of her high school debate 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.

Sam Chen
Sam captains his school 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.

​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 Harvard and Yale. 

Shayan Raza
​Shayan graduated from Needham HS, where he captained 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 tournament and succeeded debater at tournaments like the Harvard University Invitational and the National Speech and Debate Championship. She works extensively with new debate students and now studies pre-law at the University of Florida.