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Meet the Team
Our team consists of high schoolers with multiple years of experience in competitive speech or debate events. They are award-winning speakers nationally and have experience volunteering and tutoring children.
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Emma Wang
Executive Director & Founder
Emma is currently a junior in high school, based in the Cary-Morrisville area. She aims to create a world where people are not afraid of their voices, but instead use them to empower one another and to create a difference in their communities. At school, she enjoys participating in Lincoln Douglas debate. In her free time, she loves to play piano and cook!
Gaille Saelim
Executive Vice President
Gaille is a junior in high school, based in the Cary-Morrisville area. Through Visions to Voices, she hopes to help create a welcoming and educational community for young speakers and help foster a skill that carries on throughout their entire lives. She participates in Congressional debate and enjoys drawing & painting in her free time!
Emerson Herr
Co-Director
Emerson is currently a Junior in high school, based out of Raleigh. As someone who has struggled immensely in overcoming public speaking, he hopes to give people the care and empowerment that he felt was overlooked during his journey. Aside from being an avid Track & Field sprinter, he enjoys cooking and baking!
Tej Prabhu
Co-Director
Tej is a current high school junior in the Durham-Chapel Hill Area. He first became passionate about public speaking after his freshman year of high school, through debate and Mock Trial. For him, it helped with his leadership, confidence, and overall presentation skills. Since then, he has worked through Visions to Voices to bring those same benefits to students across the Triangle Area. Outside of public speaking, he enjoys language learning, houseplants, and reading.
Aarya Parekh
Workshop Leader
Aarya is a sophomore in high school, based in the Cary-Morrisville area. She competes in Public Forum debate and likes to sing and play guitar. Through Visions to Voices, her mission is to grow confidence and teach vital public speaking techniques to students throughout North Carolina.
Lexi Ro
Workshop Leader
Lexi is a Sophomore in high school, based in the Cary-Apex area. She is very excited to engage with young speakers through Visions To Voices and help them unlock their full potential in public speaking! Her favorite extracurricular is Speech and Debate, but she also enjoys volleyball, lacrosse and student council. Her favorite events in Speech are the limited prep events like Extemp and Impromptu so she loves public speaking on the fly and will talk about anything from global politics to Bluey characters!