Celebrating Debate & AAPI Heritage Month

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Across
  1. 2. Former debate champion Daniel Inouye, Presidential Freedom Award Winner and the highest-ranking Asian American in American political history, represented this US state.
  2. 6. Former debater Indra Nooyi served as the CEO of this soda brand.
  3. 7. Before becoming the weather editor for the Washington Post, former debater Kasha Patel was a digital storyteller for this space organization.
  4. 10. This former debater became the first Asian American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives.
  5. 12. This groundbreaking newscaster's debate coach helped begin her career in journalism by suggesting she try out for a spot on a local television show.
  6. 13. One half of Harold & Kumar, this actor participated in the Freehold Township National Honor Society Speech and Debate team.
Down
  1. 1. Patsy Takemoto Mink, former debater who became the first woman of color and the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, was the lead author of this groundbreaking Education Amendment.
  2. 3. David Henry Hwang, champion high school debater, has written plays which were finalists for this prestigious prize multiple times.
  3. 4. Viewers of Mulan, Law & Order SVU, and Mr. Robot will all recognize this charismatic former debater.
  4. 5. This former debater was the first Asian-American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977.
  5. 8. This novelist, who was a member of the debate team at Shaker Heights High School, has had one Hulu miniseries adapted from her books. (Another is in the works!)
  6. 9. Min Jin Lee, who joined the Bronx High School of Science debate team to overcome her shyness, wrote this book that was recently adapted into an AppleTV+ miniseries.
  7. 11. Samhita Mukhopadhyay, who excelled on her high school debate team, is now the Executive Editor of this all-online teen magazine.