Joshua De Guzman

Joshua De Guzman

Color Guard Staff

Joshua is a Southern California native who grew up in the Ventura County area and moved to Chicago in 2015 to be closer to family.  Joshua has designed, choreographed, and taught at organizations in the Southern California and Chicagoland area.  He is currently teaching full time and is the head coach at Evanston Township HS and works with Prospect HS, Lincoln Way Community HS, Adlai E Stevenson HS, and Northwestern University.

 Joshua started Color Guard his sophomore year in HS and began teaching upon graduating and joined a local Winter Guard called Allusion where his passion for Color Guard continued to grow.  In 2003 he performed with the Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps and aged out in 2005.  In 2004 he became a member of the Corona Winter Guard and continued to march in 2006.  Recently he co-founded the Chicago Pride Guard which has performed at numerous LGBTQ+ events in the Chicagoland area.