About ESE

Our Mission Statement

High school Speech and Debate is known to be extremely popular and competitive— especially in states like Texas. What many students fail to realize is that, just by starting their speech and debate career earlier, they can yield far greater successes. That’s why we decided to step in. ESE’s founder, Arshia, wanted more young kids to not only succeed in her favorite activity but to also gain the significant argumentative public-speaking skills that speech and debate has to offer. That’s why, ESE’s goal is to bridge the gap of coaching, resources, and opportunities available to Elementary, Middle, and High school students alike.

(Picture to the right) The number of student members that are a part of the NSDA League and the total number of NSDA Alumni as of 2024.

Our Team

Arshia Gottipaty

Founder ⋅ President

Gaayathri Tadepalli

Co-President

Nithya Garapaty

Director of Outreach and Communications

Himani Chikkam

Speech President

Aarushi Anoop

Speech Vice President

Naisha Kumar

Debate President

Saket Gurrapu

Debate Vice President

Nandini Vegesana

Outreach Officer

Pramiti Paraskar

Outreach Officer

Aarush Kukadiya

Communications Manager

Parvathi Halliyur

Communications Manager