Humans of DV: Week 20

Devansh Sharma: "I’ve been in speech and debate since my freshman year and my event is Original Advocacy, which is a Prepared Speech event. It’s an event where you advocate for a certain change by proposing a piece of legislation to Congress. This year, my speech is about preventing ageism in the workplace. In the beginning, my mom sort of forced me to join speech and debate in middle school, an...

Shruti Pai: “My parents told me that before I could talk, I could sing. They realized that I could make songs, not actual words, and I'll actually remember them. When I first started singing, my mom was actually the one who made me take lessons. I was really shy and didn't want to do it, but turns out I really liked it. When I was in fourth grade I joined choir, and I actually just joined it because ...

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