Zaila Avant-garde, the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, is now attending the University of Maryland on a full scholarship. The 18-year-old author and scholar ...
HARVEY, La. -- Leave it to small-town Louisiana to know how to throw a party for one of their own. The community of Harvey, Louisiana threw a well-deserved parade for 14-year-old Zaila Avant-Garde, in ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — History made was made at the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee in its nearly 100-year history. Zaila Avant-garde, of Harvey, Louisiana, became the first African American winner of ...
CRISPR is a method of genome editing that researchers developed to change DNA with extreme precision. Avant-garde said it ...
An exceptional young woman who cemented herself in the history books has a bright future ahead. The saying goes, hard work ...
Spelling bees are a century-old tradition in American schools with deep Louisville roots. What’s now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee was initially spearheaded by The Courier Journal and ...