Faculty Profiles: Dario Camara

Dario Camara is currently the director of  forensics  at  Royal  Palm  Beach
High School in Florida. He previously worked as the debate  coach  at  Ridge
High School in New Jersey. Royal Palm Beach is currently  ranked  among  the
top programs in Palm Beach  County  and  the  Florida  Forensic  League.  It
consists of over sixty participants who successfully compete in  all  levels
of speech and debate.  Prior to that, Dario graduated from  The  College  of
New Jersey with a BA in Film & Communications and was a very  successful  LD
Debater for all four high school years at  East  Side  High  School  in  New
Jersey.

Among several state titles, Dario has coached debaters to a number  of  late
rounds at some of  the  top  debate  tournaments  including  Harvard,  Yale,
Princeton, Glenbrooks, Hendrick  Hudson  (Bump),  Lexington,  Newark,  Apple
Valley, Blake,  Tournament  of  Champions  and  Nationals.  Some  highlights
include,  the  2003  &  2006  National  Forensic  League  Student   Congress
Champion, the 2003 NCFL Grand Nationals Lincoln  Douglas  Champion  and  the
2007 NCFL Nationals Grand Lincoln Douglas Runner-up (2nd place),  2002  Yale
Debate LD Champion, 2003  and  2007  Princeton  University  Lincoln  Douglas
Debate Champion. Some 2007-2008 highlights include duo finalists  at  Winter
Springs, oratory and duo interpretation at Blue Key  at  the  University  of
Florida, extempore speaking and oratory  Dowling  Catholic  Paradigm.  Dario
has  successfully  coached  a  number  of  students  to  the  Tournament  of
Champions and recently coached all debate spots  to  Nationals,  while  some
students have placed within the top ten at Nationals  every  year  since  he
began coaching. Over 30 students  have  qualified  under  the  direction  of
Dario Camara and his program remains one of the strongest in the nation.