During SK's 2024 Speech and Debate Institute, students will be honing their public speaking skills, enhancing their understanding of various debate formats, and mastering the art of argumentation. That journey would not be possible without our program instructors, who bring a broad set of debate and public speaking skills to the table.
Swasti Hiremani
Swasti Hiremani is a rising freshman at the University of Michigan (and recent SuccessKoach alumni!); she will be pursuing Urban Technology and is excited to learn about how cities of the future will incorporate data science and technology. In high school, public speaking was a big part of Swasti's life, with 8 years of debate experience and 4 years of high school model UN, and she is more than ready to bring that expertise to SK students! While she loves a good debate, she also is fostering a long-time passion for writing, with 4 years of experience as Editor-in-Chief for her school's yearbook under her belt. For fun, she enjoys spending time with her family (+dog!), taking pictures on her DSLR, and exploring San Francisco with friends.
Tessa Conrardy
Tessa recently graduated from Harvard with her BA in Government and her MA in Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. In the course of her work on Russia and the post-Soviet space, Tessa has competed and presented in a number of public speaking capacities. Tessa placed first in the advanced division Speech Contest at the 2024 New England Olympiada of Spoken Russian. Tessa has also presented her research during conferences at Columbia and Harvard, and has spoken on academic panels—most recently, during a conference at Tbilisi State University.
To hear more about our instructors, their teaching philosophies, and how speech & debate has impacted their own lives, see our other speech & debate blog posts!
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