Ryan is a 4th year student from Chicago studying American Studies and Theatre Arts with focuses on critical theory, performance, and costume design. They have been a top 16 team at the National Debate Tournament, semifinalist of the Cross Examination Debate Association national championship, invitee to the Val Browning Round Robin at Weber State University plus the Brick City Round Robin held by Rutgers University, recipient of numerous speaker awards at nationally-held collegiate tournaments, and lab leader at the Wyoming Forensics Institute. Their future plans likely include graduate school as well as continued work within debate.