Judge Philosophies
Aaron Eliassian - Emerson
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Alden Do - Roosevelt
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Alex Chung - Roosevelt
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Alex Meng - Nova 42
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Alexis Lay - Roosevelt
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Allyson Kim - Roosevelt
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Andy Pan - Nova 42
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Ayaan Raza - Nova 42
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Charles Zhu - V-LYLA
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Clinton Lau - V-LYLA
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Cyrus Pirnia - Wilshire
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Daniel Candia - Roosevelt
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Deepali Joshi - Young Voices
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Diana Shidaeva - V-LYLA
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Gabriel Frank-McPheter - Roosevelt
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Halina Kwan - Roosevelt
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Heidi Hanson - Confident Class
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Isabella Lam - Roosevelt
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Isabella Hyoun - Nova 42
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Jackie Fassbender - Nova 42
Janell Wang - Nova 42
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Janiel Victorino - QDLearning
My Competitive Career consists of 4 years in the collegiate Circuit; Saddleback College (2015-17), and CSUF (2017-19). I have been a speech and debate judge for the MS/HS circuit since 2017, and for the Collegiate Circuit since 2019. if you need clarification on a ballot, please send an email to [ jvictorino0.forensicsjudge@gmail.com ]
Ballot Style:
Where possible I add timestamps to help students pinpoint exact moments in their speech that address the issue as noted by comment. I have made it a personal philosophy to try never have less than 5 sentences on any ballot.
if I am unable to comment on evidence organization or speech writing due to speed, I tend to focus on minute analysis of nonverbal decisions.
Debate Philosophy: I can comfortably judge parli, LD, PF, SPAR & Congress, but it is not part of my competitive background. I don't have experience with policy debate as of this writing.
I LOVE it when students are able to be fully themselves and have fun in a round. I value organization uniqueness and clash during rounds. Regardless of your evidence quantity, I love it when students are able to have versatile/creative arguments but clear and concise writing. Please signpost. I am looking for how competitors set up all provided evidence in round AND Questioning to counter rebuttals (which means my biggest thing is how evidence is arranged to construct unique arguments), although I also appreciate the occasional framework discussion. I appreciate having round evidence forwarded to me via email, but since I have been in the debate world less than my speech career, I am a flow judge and RFDs will be made purely from in-round proceedings. While I consider initiative and prominence as important (especially in congress) I also do my best to recognize reasons why certain students are not as prominent in round.
I can speed read a little, but I would exercise caution especially during online tournaments. I mentioned earlier that I timestamp comments where possible, but I would sincerely appreciate if students could self time so I can focus on ballots. Professionalism is important to me, but not to the point where a student is quiet, if you have to say something offensive, please keep it within the confines of debate evidence. I like high-energy rounds, whether via morale building or aggressive pacing, but its not the end of the world if the round has calmer proceedings :)
Clarity > Speed.
Jayden Phung - Roosevelt
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Jenifer Montgomery - QDLearning
Jennifer Quach - Roosevelt
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Joan Huh - Wilshire
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Joaquin Vivar - Roosevelt
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Josh Steinle - Alverno
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Julia Cai - QDLearning
Karina Vargas - Roosevelt
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Kelly Hoang - Roosevelt
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Kiran Nandamuri - GSA
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Kivraj Singh - Speak In Power
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Lauren Liau - Roosevelt
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Luccia Yaccoub - Roosevelt
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Maogang Wang - GSA
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Michaela Ling - Roosevelt
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Michaela Lau - Roosevelt
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Michelle Fan - V-LYLA
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Nagee Boyapati - V-LYLA
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Prakash Bhagavathi - GSA
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Renu Sinha - GSA
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Sean Lee - Wilshire
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Shiv Ramanna - GSA
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Sofia Villagra - Roosevelt
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Tiffany Truong - Roosevelt
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Uma Vishwanath - Young Voices
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Vanessa Liu - QDLearning
Veena Sundaramoorthy - Roosevelt
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Wendy Zhou - Nova 42
Xi Chen - GSA
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Yashesh Shroff - Young Voices
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Zi Xin Feng - Roosevelt
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