Tanya Choudhury

Hi! My name is Tanya Choudhury, and I debated for four years at Katy
Taylor High School in Houston, Texas. Prior to my senior year, I accumulated numerous awards in multiple events including Quarterfinalist in LD at TFA State, NFL National Quarterfinalist and TFA State Finalist in Foreign Extemp, and Extemp TOC Semifinalist. During my senior year, I reached various eliminitation rounds of several national tournaments including Grapevine, the Barkley Forum, Greenhill, the University of Texas, Isidore Newman, and Berkeley. I additionally qualified to TFA State in five events and was a TOC qualifier in both Extemp and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, ending my speech and debate career with a seventh place finish in International Extemporaneous Speaking at NFL Nationals in 2005. I am currently a sophomore at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where I am an assistant debate coach at Walt Whitman H.S.