Kate Farwell
17, iLEAD NORTH HOLLYWOOD An articulate, confident beauty with a movieproducer mom (Suzanne Farwell), Kate Farwell might have chased a career on the silver screen. But the Encino teen, set to attend Brown University in the fall, has found her calling on a different stage. Kate is among the nation’s top-ranked high school speech and debate champions and the most successful high school Parliamentary Debate competitor of all time. She isn’t afraid to tackle controversial issues either. During her junior year Kate scored big on the debate circuit with an impassioned speech about the necessity for accurate sex education in schools. “Speech and debate offers such a unique opportunity to spread a message that matters,” she says.