Meet Our Team
Meet your officers for the 2024-25 season — the people who help our amazing team run smoothly every day :D! Whether you have a question about an assignment or anything regarding S&D they will always be there for you. Whether the weather is cold, whether the weather is hot, we’ll be together whatever the weather whether we like it or not.
President of Speech
Molly Daley
President of debate
Ameya Kiwalkar
Secretary
Pinak Paliwal
Secretary
Songhee Rha
VP of Platform
Christopher Danger Wu
VP Of Spontaneous
Khedaar Kashyap
VP OF Interp
Vidyut Hegde
VP Of Congress
Sarah Wong
VP of Congress
Anagha Koganty
VP of LD debate
Vish Goel
VP of LD debate
Raahil Sengupta
VP Of PARliamentary Debate
Janele Ting
vp of PARliamentary Debate
Laily Afzalzadeh
VP of Policy Debate
Calista Shih
VP of POlicy
Ben Han
VP of Policy
Aria Das
Vp of Public forum
Allen Liu
Vp of Public FORUm
Gaurav Rao
VP of Bret Harte
Shloka Chawla
Vp of Bret Harte
Khedaar Kashyap
Vp of Bret Harte
James Yu
Vp of Bret Harte
Raahil Sengupta
CO-Head of art committee
Jay Li
CO-Head of Art Committee
Anjani Shah
Art Committee
Selina Ge
Head of Spirit Committee
Mihika Moghe
SPIRIT committee
Selina Dong
SPIRIT COMMITTEE
Saanvi Gunukula
Spirit Committee
Joy Liu
Head of Fundraising Committee
Eleanor Yu
Fundraising Committee
Heather Chang
fundraising committee
Kabir Gupta
Coaches
Priya Garcia
Email: pRgarcia@sjusd.org
Priya Garcia is the head coach for Leland Speech and Debate, as well as an English Teacher at Leland. This will be Ms. Garcia’s first year as head coach, and second year as one of the lead instructors of Leland High School. She has previously coached speech and debate at Leland High School, as well as another high school. She also worked at a private speech and debate company. During her time in high school, she competed in Parliamentary Debate and a variety of interpretation events.
GAY BRASHER
Email: gay.brasher@gmail.com
Gay Brasher is a coach for Leland Speech and Debate, and was the head of the Leland Speech and Debate Program for more than 20 years. She is recognized as a seven-diamond coach by the National Speech and Debate Association and is a lead member on the board of the Coast Forensic League. To see her students utilize exercises and rely on tactics they learned from Speech and Debate in college and in their careers is Mrs. Brasher's motivation to continue her efforts. In addition to her work with Leland, Mrs. Brasher has extensive relationships with the Speech and Debate programs at Bret Harte Middle School, Burnett Middle School, Horace Mann Elementary School, and the California Migrant Education program.