My name is Sabrina Oliveri. I competed in OI, Declamation, POI, Oratory, Duo, DI, Impromptu, Extemp, PF, and LD during my 5 years as a competitor. I have 5+ years of experience judging all major speech and debate categories. During my time as a high school competitor, I was captain of my speech and debate team for 2 years. My responsibilities included (but were not limited to) creating/cutting/blocking programs, running practices, and managing our team's Instagram account. I was also a member of Beyond Resolve's New York Chapter, helping further diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Speech and Debate community.

Hi, my name is Victoria and I am an assistant coach at my HS alma mater, where I competed in dec, OI, and OO.

That said, I have experience judging some debate at the local level, but I am more often judging speech. I am a flow judge to the best of my ability, but spreading is not in your best interest. At over 250 words-per-minute, I will not longer be able to flow the round. It is likely better that you don’t run any high level theory in front of me: straightforward, well-warranted arguments with clear impacts, good clash in rebuttals, and ample weighing are your best path to victory, not convoluted theory and technicalities. Tech over truth won’t win me over. In PF, write my ballot for me in summary and final focus, clear voting issues and framing of the round are a must. In LD, clear brightlines in the value criterion are a must, and clear weighing in the rebuttals and delineating the lines of clash will be helpful in writing my ballot. If you go over your allotted time, I will stop writing and raise my pen. If I didn't write it down, it wont be judged.

Lastly, good luck to everyone! You guys are incredible for choosing such a difficult categories and I have nothing but the utmost respect for all of you. I look foreword to hearing some great debates!