Pearlin Liu

PEARLIN LIU is a former competitor for Notre Dame High School's speech and debate team. As captain of the team, she led teammates through elimination rounds of high profile tournaments around the Bay Area and helped boost her team's ranking to 41st in California. She has competitive experience in Parliamentary Debate, Lincoln Douglass, Original Oratory, Oratorical Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation and has coached students in multiple debate formats, interpretation speech events, and spontaneous speech events. In addition to coaching for The Golden State Academy, she has taught public speaking classes for middle school students in Downtown San Jose and Cupertino. She strongly believes in the power speech and debate has to enrich students' mindsets and equip them with necessary tools to succeed in life.

Pearlin Liu will be teaching during:
Session 1 at Radiant Kidz in West San Jose/Cupertino
Session 2 at Owl Academy in West San Jose

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Competitive Highlights
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- Ranked 40th in the nation for Parliamentary Debate (2016-2017)
- Tournament of Champions 2017: Qualifier, Parliamentary Debate
- SCU Dempsey Cronin 2017: Semifinalist, Oratorical Interpretation
- National IE Tournament of Champions 2017: Octofinalist, Original Oratory
- SCU Philathletic 2017: Champion, Original Oratory
- MLK Invitational 2017: Quarterfinalist, Original Oratory