Sparkwise is designed and taught by top-ranked national circuit debaters.

Each of our instructors has demonstrated a genuine passion for making the community better - the most important quality we look for.

national level instructors

100+

speaker awards

30+

tournament championships

68

national qualifications

NSDA Nationals, NCFL Nationals, UK Tournament of Champions

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    Teddy Choe

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    Milton Academy

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    Deanna Ma

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    Lexington High School

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    Sebastian Prasanna

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    MIT

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    UCLA

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    UW Madison

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    HT Xue

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    Milton Academy

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    Tesu Ham

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    Phillips Exeter Academy

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    Sam Chen

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    Harvard University

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    Aly Lay

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    Arlington High School

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    Spencer Carman

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    Arlington High School

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    Netta Miller

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    Aryan Sethi

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    Lexington High School

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    Tony Liu

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    Lexington High School

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    Arlington High School

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    Mia Dalzell

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    Sophia Robertson

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    Harvard University

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