Competitive speech and debate (also known as "forensics") is my life. I grew up in Union City, CA and started my forensics career competing and coaching for the nationally recognized program at James Logan High School from 2001-2011 under the tutelage of NSDA Hall of Fame Coach Dr. Tommie Lindsey Jr., who I credit completely for my love of this activity. I specialized in Public Forum Debate, winning my school's home tournament (the MLK Jr. Invitational) in 2004 & 2005. I would then go on to coach back-to-back CHSSA CA State Championship teams in 2007 & 2008. I was inducted into the James Logan Forensics Hall of Fame upon leaving the school in 2011.

After a decade at Logan I served as the head debate coach at several Bay Area schools: Hopkins, Mission San Jose, Archbishop Mitty, and Amador Valley. I have taught at annual summer camps hosted at UC Berkeley (CNDI) and Stanford (SNFI). I ran a private program, The Brooks Academy, with several Logan alumni that was once the largest member school of the National Junior Forensics League (now the NSDA), and winner of the NJFL's Overall School of Excellence award three straight years: 2013, 2014, & 2015. Those teams produced seven NSDA Middle School National Championship winners in: Public Forum Debate, Original Oratory, Impromptu, and Extemporaneous Speaking.

Years later I would go back to school and finish a B.A. in Communication Studies at San Jose Sate University (go Spartans!) while also continuing to provide speech and debate classes and coaching to K-12 students in Fremont and the greater San Francisco Bay Area via Brooks Debate Institute, my newest and current solo venture. I also recently had the pleasure of serving as the assisnt debate coach at Miller Middle School As of Fall 2025, I also currently serve as the head coach of Stratford Preparatory in Milpitas, CA.

A timeline and highlights of my competitive and coaching career can be found on the AWARDS section of this site. My contact info and program's socials can be found on the CONTACT page.