Zaila Avant-garde zaila: an avant-garde spelling bee champion(I am always amazed at how children’s names often seem to fit them to a tee.) A wonder teen from New Orleans, became the champion of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The winning word: murraya, “a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees (family Rutaceae) having pinnateContinue reading “Her Name Says It All”
DR. EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH OF ASALH 