Gaining extensive leadership experience, Charis has co-directed numerous academic competitions, directed and served as Master of Ceremonies for a large Vacation Bible School, and coached competitive debate. She has also served as director of operations and marketing at the National Institute for Homeschool Debate and managed her own coaching business which she founded in 2023. Within the construction world Charis has worked as an electrical technician, administrative assistant, and estimator.Contributing to her experience in detail oriented multi-tasking Charis has worked with the Classic Learning Test in remote test proctoring, customer support, and data analysis. Charis competed in speech and debate for five years, ending her career at the highest level of competition competing in Extemporaneous finals at Nationals. That same year, she became the Lincoln Douglas Speaker Champion and ended the year as first place season-long speaker. Subsequently, she founded Speaking with Grace Coaching in an effort to develop clear and passionate communication skills to be used with grace by a generation that is facing a hurting and broken world. To achieve these goals Charis actively manages a casebook production team, coaches individual and group sessions, and coaches multiple camps.