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  • Home
  • About us
    • Leadership Team
    • Instructors
    • Alumni
  • 2025 Summer Workshop
  • Impact
    • Social Impact Newsletter
    • Our Impact
    • Past Events >
      • Fall Tournament 2020
  • Resources
    • Apply for School Donations
    • Starting a Speech and Debate Club
    • Getting Better at Speech and Debate Guide
  • Donate
  • FAQ
    • Refer a Friend
    • Workshop Refund Policy
    • Contact Us

Be the Light Alumni

OUR FOUNDERS

Jacqueline Wei - Harvard University
Michelle Zhang - University of Texas at Austin
Neha Kalakuntla - Rice University
Annie Lu - University of Texas at Austin
Anthony Jiang - Yale University
Jennifer Lin - University of Texas at Austin
Pranay Dhondi - Cornell University

GRADUATED TEAMS

2019-2020

Nihar Annam - Director of Technology; UT Austin
Brandon Wang - ​Director of Technology; UPenn
Edison Huang - Director of Finance; Carnegie Mellon
Sean Patel - Director of Outreach; Cornell

2020-2021

Angela Wang - Executive Director, Head of Logistics; University of Texas at Austin
Pranav Pattatathunaduvil - Executive Director, Head of Social Impact; Yale University
Alyssa Nie - Executive Director, Head of Expansion; University of Pennsylvania


2021-2022

Kelly Hu - Executive Director, Head of Logistics; University of Pennsylvania
Madeline Tsao - Executive Director, Head of Social Impact; University of Pennsylvania
Leo Yu - Executive Director, Head of Expansion; Princeton University


A special thank you to the non-DFW team members who joined us this year: 
  -  Cameron Roberts - Instructor; Jack C. Hays High School (Buda, TX)
  -  Kara Park - Instructor; Oakton High School (Fairfax, VA)
  -  Karin Liu - Instructor; Oakton High School (Fairfax, VA)
  -  Selim Kim - Instructor; Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)

2022-2023

Justin Zhu - Executive Director, Head of Logistics; University of Texas at Austin
Madeline Tsao - Executive Director, Head of Social Impact; University of Pennsylvania

Gabriel Bo - Executive Director, Head of Expansion; Stanford University

2023-2024
​Sanjana Kumar - Executive Director, Head of Logistics; Columbia University
Kate Lee - Executive Director, Head of Social Impact; Harvard University

Anuj Lohtia - Executive Director, Head of Expansion

​2024-2025

Aayush Appan - Executive Director, Head of Logistics
Sophia Wei - Executive Director, Head of Social Impact; Harvard University

Anuj Lohtia - Executive Director, Head of Expansion; University of Texas at Austin
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