Tournament Entries
| # | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Camino Real Charter High School | Woodland Hills, CA |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Los Angeles, CA |
| 3 | High Point Academy | Pasadena, CA |
| 4 | Jefferson Middle School | San Gabriel, CA |
| 5 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Temple City, CA |
| 6 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Los Angeles, CA |
| 7 | New West Charter School | Los Angeles, CA |
| 8 | Nicolas Junior High School | Fullerton, CA |
| 9 | Nova 42 Academy | Pasadena, CA |
| 10 | Perfect Score Academy | Granada Hills, CA |
| 11 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Santa Ana, CA |
| 12 | St. Rita School | Sierra Madre, CA |
| 13 | Velasquez Academy | Canoga Park, CA |
| 14 | Wilshire Academy | Los Angeles, CA |
A. Creative Duo Creative-Duo
| # | School | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Point Academy | Grace Reda & Katie Nuzzi |
| 2 | High Point Academy | Alex Gourdikian & Brendan Ashworth |
| 3 | High Point Academy | Kate Mena & Katie Nuzzi |
| 4 | High Point Academy | Kate Mena & Katie Nuzzi |
| 5 | High Point Academy | Megan Koehler & Samantha Jaque-Anton |
| 6 | High Point Academy | Sophia Kedijian & Grace Reda |
| 7 | Jefferson Middle School | Isabella DeMarco & Rebecca Lim |
| 8 | Jefferson Middle School | Patrick Chiang & Joshua Raymundo |
| 9 | Jefferson Middle School | Kevin Yuen & Hugo So |
| 10 | Jefferson Middle School | Elizabeth Campos & Victoria Nea |
| 11 | Jefferson Middle School | Christine Tran & Tiffany Chung |
| 12 | Jefferson Middle School | Janice Chen & Leslie Tran |
| 13 | Jefferson Middle School | Annie Huang & Andy Lau |
| 14 | Jefferson Middle School | Annabelle Cook & Kate Correnti |
| 15 | New West Charter School | Charlotte Fuller & Keren Dror |
| 16 | New West Charter School | Sage Brown & Leslie Lopez |
| 17 | New West Charter School | Ariella Simoni & Sophia Tuch |
| 18 | Nicolas Junior High School | Jaqueline Espino & Maggie Lutman |
| 19 | Nicolas Junior High School | Daniel Padilla & Omar Rivera |
| 20 | Nicolas Junior High School | Emily Nopala & Kimberly Avila |
| 21 | Nicolas Junior High School | Rodrigo Gonzalez & Ray Mendez |
| 22 | Nicolas Junior High School | Diana Gonzalez & Christabel Mendoza |
| 23 | Nicolas Junior High School | Ismael Espinoza & Billy Mata |
| 24 | Nicolas Junior High School | Dora Torres & Beatriz Saldana |
| 25 | Nicolas Junior High School | Austin King & Jaden Dusky |
| 26 | Nicolas Junior High School | Juan San Juan & Michael Vazquez |
| 27 | Nova 42 Academy | Darren Soong & Ryan Lee |
| 28 | St. Rita School | Lea Lopez & Erin Stutenroth |
| 29 | St. Rita School | Issac Marinez & Maximus Ochniak |
A. Impromptu Impromptu
| # | School | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Camino Real Charter High School | Markus McCormack |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Anna Winikow |
| 3 | Emerson Community Charter | Claire Hafteck |
| 4 | Emerson Community Charter | David Delgadillo |
| 5 | Emerson Community Charter | Isaac Kelston |
| 6 | Emerson Community Charter | Jackson Ross |
| 7 | Emerson Community Charter | Juliette Connelly |
| 8 | Emerson Community Charter | Matthew Kim |
| 9 | Emerson Community Charter | Max Berman |
| 10 | Emerson Community Charter | Sam Glover |
| 11 | Emerson Community Charter | Samson Herman |
| 12 | Emerson Community Charter | Theodore Shulsky |
| 13 | Emerson Community Charter | Dillon Ney |
| 14 | Emerson Community Charter | Suu Suu Zhou |
| 15 | High Point Academy | Sophie Woodman |
| 16 | High Point Academy | Sophie Woodman |
| 17 | Jefferson Middle School | Kelly Alberto |
| 18 | Jefferson Middle School | Ethan Tan |
| 19 | Jefferson Middle School | Portia Whiteford |
| 20 | Jefferson Middle School | Paul Brown |
| 21 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Courtney Chan |
| 22 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Alvis Yang |
| 23 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Rachel Oas |
| 24 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Kelly Wong |
| 25 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Brad Chang |
| 26 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Luxe Boone |
| 27 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Olivia Landa |
| 28 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Ruby Matheu |
| 29 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Emilia Lee |
| 30 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Ana Keener |
| 31 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Katie Pentz |
| 32 | New West Charter School | Aidan Shev |
| 33 | New West Charter School | Maxwell Bross |
| 34 | New West Charter School | Thomas Babb |
| 35 | New West Charter School | Anastasio Villano |
| 36 | New West Charter School | Mathew Shaham |
| 37 | New West Charter School | Aaron Rovinsky |
| 38 | New West Charter School | Sam Kraut |
| 39 | New West Charter School | Willis Hardaway |
| 40 | New West Charter School | Syaire Riley |
| 41 | New West Charter School | Elijah Levinsohn |
| 42 | New West Charter School | Syaire Riley |
| 43 | Nova 42 Academy | Daniel Kyle |
| 44 | Nova 42 Academy | John Nahas |
| 45 | Nova 42 Academy | Andrew Kwon |
| 46 | Nova 42 Academy | Timothy Choi |
| 47 | Nova 42 Academy | Ethan Wu |
| 48 | Nova 42 Academy | Eric Dong |
| 49 | Nova 42 Academy | Harlan Crawford |
| 50 | Nova 42 Academy | Ian Tien |
| 51 | Nova 42 Academy | Cristian Pang |
| 52 | Nova 42 Academy | Michael Brennan |
| 53 | Nova 42 Academy | Richard Dong |
| 54 | Nova 42 Academy | Sam Walton |
| 55 | Nova 42 Academy | Sharon Handoko |
| 56 | Nova 42 Academy | Tiifany Chang |
| 57 | Nova 42 Academy | Kaitlyn Pak |
| 58 | Nova 42 Academy | Jack Crawford |
| 59 | Nova 42 Academy | Sary Nachabe |
| 60 | Nova 42 Academy | Anna Shim |
| 61 | Nova 42 Academy | Carson Yu |
| 62 | Perfect Score Academy | Jason Lee |
| 63 | Perfect Score Academy | Christian Sim |
| 64 | Perfect Score Academy | Amber Park |
| 65 | Perfect Score Academy | Jaesung Park |
| 66 | Perfect Score Academy | Lexiss Morgan |
| 67 | Perfect Score Academy | Gabriel Lee |
| 68 | Perfect Score Academy | Dorothy Vassantachart |
| 69 | Perfect Score Academy | Nichole Kim |
| 70 | Perfect Score Academy | Crystal Baik |
| 71 | Perfect Score Academy | Joshua Kim |
| 72 | Perfect Score Academy | Solomon Baik |
| 73 | Perfect Score Academy | Chloe Gill |
| 74 | Perfect Score Academy | Nathan Oh |
| 75 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Alondra Padilla |
| 76 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Genaro Tochihuitl |
| 77 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Jocelyn Arroyo |
| 78 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Saul Rosales |
| 79 | St. Rita School | George Gardner |
| 80 | St. Rita School | Joseph DeGroot |
| 81 | Velasquez Academy | Markus McCormack |
| 82 | Velasquez Academy | Rachel Kho |
| 83 | Wilshire Academy | Nicole Joh |
| 84 | Wilshire Academy | Yi Jun Kim |
| 85 | Wilshire Academy | Kayla Lee |
| 86 | Wilshire Academy | Nathan Kim |
| 87 | Wilshire Academy | David Choi |
| 88 | Wilshire Academy | John Kum |
| 89 | Wilshire Academy | Miru Yang |
A. Original Oratory Oratory
| # | School | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Community Charter | Dillon Ney |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Nima Enayati |
| 3 | Emerson Community Charter | Alexandra Ankai |
| 4 | Emerson Community Charter | Anna Winikow |
| 5 | Emerson Community Charter | Joseph Tafar |
| 6 | High Point Academy | Ames Noll |
| 7 | High Point Academy | Michelle Fung |
| 8 | Jefferson Middle School | David Taing |
| 9 | Jefferson Middle School | Kaylan Kha |
| 10 | Jefferson Middle School | Isabella Nava Holstein |
| 11 | Jefferson Middle School | Jesi Zhang |
| 12 | Jefferson Middle School | Jeremy Nguyen |
| 13 | Jefferson Middle School | Katherine Tam |
| 14 | Jefferson Middle School | Michael Chiu |
| 15 | Jefferson Middle School | Stanley Lee |
| 16 | Jefferson Middle School | Leon Tran |
| 17 | Jefferson Middle School | Matthew Wong |
| 18 | Jefferson Middle School | Meng Vong |
| 19 | Jefferson Middle School | Alyssa Liu |
| 20 | Jefferson Middle School | Cassidy Liu |
| 21 | Jefferson Middle School | Lloyd Kwan |
| 22 | Jefferson Middle School | Elijah Parocha |
| 23 | Jefferson Middle School | Stephany Flores Lemus |
| 24 | Jefferson Middle School | Vionna Peng |
| 25 | Jefferson Middle School | Warren Phan |
| 26 | Jefferson Middle School | Shao-Hao Yu |
| 27 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Caty Szeto |
| 28 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Victor Luo |
| 29 | New West Charter School | Mathew Shaham |
| 30 | Nova 42 Academy | Tiana Lopez |
| 31 | Nova 42 Academy | Ashley Lim |
| 32 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Denise Resendiz |
| 33 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Elissa Monterroso |
| 34 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Bryan Meza |
| 35 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Samantha Cervantes |
| 36 | St. Rita School | Esteban Sanchez |
| 37 | St. Rita School | Max Winn |
| 38 | Velasquez Academy | Catherine Tanidjaja |
| 39 | Velasquez Academy | Jack Xiao |
| 40 | Wilshire Academy | Diana Han |
| 41 | Wilshire Academy | Lyna Kim |
| 42 | Wilshire Academy | Brian No |
| 43 | Wilshire Academy | Joseph Ha |
| 44 | Wilshire Academy | Andrew Kim |
| 45 | Wilshire Academy | Henry Jin |
| 46 | Wilshire Academy | Irene Gil |
A. Prose Prose
| # | School | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Community Charter | Alexandra Ankai |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Danika Lewitzke |
| 3 | Emerson Community Charter | Guillermo Hercules |
| 4 | Emerson Community Charter | Kiara Jiminez |
| 5 | Emerson Community Charter | Lara Pastor |
| 6 | Emerson Community Charter | Pradeep Muthaiya |
| 7 | Emerson Community Charter | Sophia Sanchez |
| 8 | Emerson Community Charter | Vineeta Singh |
| 9 | Emerson Community Charter | Isaac Kelston |
| 10 | Emerson Community Charter | Eliana Yeager |
| 11 | High Point Academy | Megan Koehler |
| 12 | High Point Academy | Samantha Jaque-Anton |
| 13 | High Point Academy | Tara Pugliese |
| 14 | Jefferson Middle School | Danny Nguyen |
| 15 | Jefferson Middle School | Jannelle Dang |
| 16 | Jefferson Middle School | Valerie Nea |
| 17 | Jefferson Middle School | Maggie Tan |
| 18 | Jefferson Middle School | Sarah Tang |
| 19 | Jefferson Middle School | Alyssa Yanez |
| 20 | Jefferson Middle School | Ayesha Sirimane |
| 21 | Jefferson Middle School | Lianna Long |
| 22 | Jefferson Middle School | Helen Huang |
| 23 | Jefferson Middle School | Samantha Tang |
| 24 | Jefferson Middle School | Katty Chin |
| 25 | Jefferson Middle School | Sydney Jung |
| 26 | Jefferson Middle School | Sophia Ho |
| 27 | Jefferson Middle School | Renato Landazuri |
| 28 | Jefferson Middle School | Andreas Bouffard |
| 29 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Phoebe Wang |
| 30 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Catherine Lee |
| 31 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Casey Duan |
| 32 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Miranda Cheung |
| 33 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Melanie Phan |
| 34 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Karen Thai |
| 35 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Alexander Zarcoff |
| 36 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Alyce Segal |
| 37 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Lily Langos |
| 38 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Ceci Stein |
| 39 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Dyllen Nellis |
| 40 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Eli Mars |
| 41 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Eli Marcus |
| 42 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Keya Bajaj |
| 43 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Lishai Shaphir |
| 44 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Mark Sanchez |
| 45 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Logan Cheney |
| 46 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Lea Dahlke |
| 47 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sophie Priceman |
| 48 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Stella Bushkin |
| 49 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Zoe Stigliano-Waite |
| 50 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Ethan Kramer |
| 51 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Reese Schiffman |
| 52 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sophia Whyte |
| 53 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sofia RIvas |
| 54 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Aidan Chang |
| 55 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Luka Beccera |
| 56 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Emma Gililand |
| 57 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Nia Lewis |
| 58 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Caleb Moore |
| 59 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Hazel Gonzalez |
| 60 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Connor Villard |
| 61 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Emma Walker |
| 62 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Evan Lightrake |
| 63 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Violet Garvey |
| 64 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Tiger Schenkman |
| 65 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sadie Gilliland |
| 66 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | August Blum |
| 67 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Ahneesah Rodrigues |
| 68 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Emanuel Posnansky |
| 69 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Nicoleo Matranga |
| 70 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Zoe Stigliano-Waite |
| 71 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sofia Menck |
| 72 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Emma Mele |
| 73 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Amaya Lawton |
| 74 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Taylor Guy |
| 75 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Kai Land |
| 76 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Charlotte Stuecken |
| 77 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Je'lyne Lillie |
| 78 | New West Charter School | Jalen Gelb |
| 79 | New West Charter School | Clara Ross |
| 80 | New West Charter School | Sadie Levinsohn |
| 81 | New West Charter School | Sophia Tuch |
| 82 | New West Charter School | Gerra Iyob-Tessema |
| 83 | Nicolas Junior High School | Sydney Middleton |
| 84 | Nicolas Junior High School | Edgar Huantes |
| 85 | Nicolas Junior High School | Joey Garcia |
| 86 | Nicolas Junior High School | Armando Noria |
| 87 | Nicolas Junior High School | Abigail Rincon |
| 88 | Nicolas Junior High School | Esmee Young |
| 89 | Nicolas Junior High School | Ricardo Chavez |
| 90 | Nicolas Junior High School | Cesar Valencia |
| 91 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Diana Arevalo |
| 92 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Fatima Jamie |
| 93 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Jamie Espinoza |
| 94 | St. Rita School | Ellyse Vielma |
| 95 | St. Rita School | Issac Marinez |
| 96 | St. Rita School | Erin Simone |
| 97 | St. Rita School | Allure Shurney |
| 98 | St. Rita School | Isaac Martinez |
| 99 | Velasquez Academy | Rachel Kho |
| 100 | Wilshire Academy | Jennifer Yang |
| 101 | Wilshire Academy | Alex Chon |
| 102 | Wilshire Academy | Sarah Jung |
| 103 | Wilshire Academy | Chelina Rhee |
| 104 | Wilshire Academy | Claire Oh |
| 105 | Wilshire Academy | Kaitlin Lim |
| 106 | Wilshire Academy | Alex Kang |
| 107 | Wilshire Academy | Hyun Kim |
| 108 | Wilshire Academy | John Son |
| 109 | Wilshire Academy | Eric Kim |
| 110 | Wilshire Academy | Jess Hur |
| 111 | Wilshire Academy | Jimmy You |
A. Thematic Interpretat Thematic-Interp
| # | School | Student(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Community Charter | Isabella Militchin |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Marcus Scribner |
| 3 | Emerson Community Charter | Sarai Benitez |
| 4 | Emerson Community Charter | Zoe Wilf |
| 5 | Emerson Community Charter | Claire Hafteck |
| 6 | Emerson Community Charter | Guillermo Hercules |
| 7 | Emerson Community Charter | Andrew Williams |
| 8 | Emerson Community Charter | Sophia Sanchez |
| 9 | Jefferson Middle School | Julia Kirkpatrick |
| 10 | Jefferson Middle School | Angelina Liang |
| 11 | Jefferson Middle School | Stephanie Foo |
| 12 | Jefferson Middle School | Isabella Lau |
| 13 | Jefferson Middle School | SiHan Shen |
| 14 | Jefferson Middle School | Amirah Williams |
| 15 | Jefferson Middle School | Gabriel Pena |
| 16 | Jefferson Middle School | Audren Kirchhoff |
| 17 | Jefferson Middle School | Courtney Tsao |
| 18 | Jefferson Middle School | Christopher Cordero |
| 19 | Jefferson Middle School | Wendy Wong |
| 20 | Jefferson Middle School | Serena Trang |
| 21 | Jefferson Middle School | Janet Han |
| 22 | Jefferson Middle School | Olivia Gonzalez |
| 23 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Ivan Guan |
| 24 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Tracy Hou |
| 25 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Karen Thai |
| 26 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Chloe Huang |
| 27 | Nicolas Junior High School | Reyanne Alvarez |
| 28 | Nova 42 Academy | Lucy Ferrante |
| 29 | Nova 42 Academy | Annette Lee |
| 30 | Nova 42 Academy | Regina Park |
| 31 | Nova 42 Academy | Melody Soong |
| 32 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Luis Diaz |
| 33 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Morelia Jamie |
| 34 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Leslie Galvan |
| 35 | St. Rita School | Sophie Johnson |
| 36 | St. Rita School | McKenna Lindheimer |
| 37 | St. Rita School | Catherine Bauer |
| 38 | St. Rita School | Catherine Mansour |
| # | School | Judge | Individual Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson Community Charter | Lily Parker | |
| 2 | Emerson Community Charter | Jennifer Jung-Kim | |
| 3 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 1 | |
| 4 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 2 | |
| 5 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 3 | |
| 6 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 4 | |
| 7 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 5 | |
| 8 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 6 | |
| 9 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 7 | |
| 10 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 8 | |
| 11 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 9 | |
| 12 | Jefferson Middle School | Jefferson 10 | |
| 13 | Jefferson Middle School | Alan Lee | |
| 14 | Jefferson Middle School | Jason Cao | |
| 15 | Jefferson Middle School | Wesley Chu | |
| 16 | Jefferson Middle School | Joey Devito | |
| 17 | Jefferson Middle School | Jason Kuo | |
| 18 | Jefferson Middle School | Travis lee | |
| 19 | Jefferson Middle School | Samantha Lozano | |
| 20 | Jefferson Middle School | Megan Luc | |
| 21 | Jefferson Middle School | Meggie Nguyen | |
| 22 | Jefferson Middle School | Norman Nguyen | |
| 23 | Jefferson Middle School | Randell Ramos | |
| 24 | Jefferson Middle School | Erica Tran | |
| 25 | Jefferson Middle School | Gracie Wang | |
| 26 | Jefferson Middle School | Venisa Wang | |
| 27 | Jefferson Middle School | Brandon Wong | |
| 28 | Jefferson Middle School | Elysia Adi | |
| 29 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Kudos Judge 1 | |
| 30 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Kudos Judge 2 | |
| 31 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Kudos Judge 3 | |
| 32 | Kudos College of Youth Leadership | Kudos Judge 4 | |
| 33 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Stacy Zarcoff | |
| 34 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | ZEVIN Yu | |
| 35 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Sarah Heacox | |
| 36 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Arianne Bushkin | |
| 37 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | Yaelle Shaphir | |
| 38 | Larchmont Charter School, West Hollywood | ALISIA ENGELHARD | |
| 39 | New West Charter School | Robyn Shev | |
| 40 | New West Charter School | Deborah Babb | |
| 41 | New West Charter School | Beth Dror | |
| 42 | New West Charter School | Roy Shaham | |
| 43 | Nicolas Junior High School | Nicolas Judge 1 | |
| 44 | Nicolas Junior High School | Nicolas Judge 2 | |
| 45 | Nicolas Junior High School | Nicolas Judge 3 | |
| 46 | Nicolas Junior High School | Nicolas Judge 4 | |
| 48 | Nova 42 Academy | Yongsoo Kim | |
| 49 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Matthew Cruz | |
| 50 | Sierra Preparatory Academy | Sofia Cuevas | |
| 51 | St. Rita School | St. Rita Judge 1 | |
| 52 | Velasquez Academy | Veronica Galvez | |
| 53 | Velasquez Academy | Hilda Velásquez |