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Katy Speech & Debate Academy
Informed thinkers. Confident speakers.

Our Coaches

Natalie P.
Coach
Natalie is a Class of 2027 student at the UT Austin McCombs School of Business, an SLHS Class of 2023 alumna, a KSDA alumna, former SLHS debate team president, and a Congressional Debate national qualifier. Read more about Natalie here.

Vivienne L.
Coach
Vivienne is a Class of 2027 Finance with Honors student in the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. She is a Taylor HS class of 2023 and alumna and was president of their debate team. She is a national qualifier in domestic extemp. Learn more about Vivienne here.

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Andy C.
Andy is a junior at Seven Lakes High School and a KSDA alumna competing in Public Forum and Extemp. Learn more about Andy here.

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Parth N.
Parth is a Class of 2028 student at Harvard University. He is an SLHS class of 2024 and a KSDA alumna. Parth participated in speech and debate for 7 years mainly in Congressional Debate.

Tofunmi J.
Speech Coach
Tofunmi is class of 2026 at The University of Houston and a Seven Lakes High School alumna competing in speech and debate for 7 years.

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Jason S.
Jason is a class of 2027 student at Brown University and a Hotchkiss School alumna competing in speech and debate for 7 years. Read more about Jason here.

Ann M.
Director
Ann is the director of KSDA.

Audrey L.
Co-Director
Audrey is a Rice University Class of 2025 student and a Taylor High School Class of 2020 alumna, where she served as president of the debate team. She competed in speech and debate for 6 years across a range of events and brings over 10 years of coaching experience. Learn more about Audrey here.