Team Members

Gina Polesetsky (she/her) is the Head Coach. She has extensive performance experience as a high school speech student, serving as the President of the Speech Team...

Frances Jereb (she/her) is the Asst. Coach for Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Informative, and Original Oratory. She is a Communication student at UC Santa Barbara with broad speech and debate experience in the California Community College Circuit, receiving the Top Speaker Award at the 2024 CCCFA State Championship...

Kevin King (he/him) is the Asst. Coach for Informative, Original Oratory, and Interpretive Events. He has extensive experience in coaching high school students in school and summer camp settings, including at the prestigious University of Texas, Austin National Institute of Forensics...

Ashley Lau (she/her) is the Asst. Coach for Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Informative, and Original Oratory. She is an English student at USC. She has years of experience in Speech & Debate...

Elodie Tinajero, Jr. (she/they) is the Asst. Coach for Informative, Original Oratory, and Interpretive Events. Elodie is a writer and speech and debate coach located in Peoria, IL. She has eleven years of competitive experience in speech and debate, as well as nine years of coaching experience...