Where is Zaila Avant-garde parents from?

Where is Zaila Avant-garde parents from?

Zaila Avant-garde was born in 2007, in Harvey, Louisiana, to Alma Heard and Jawara Spacetime.

Where does Zaila Avant-garde attend school?

Avante-garde is homeschooled by her parents, along with her three brothers. She began to practice dribbling a basketball when she was five and became interested in achieving a World Record when given a Guinness Book for her eighth birthday.

Who was MacNolia Cox?

In 1936, MacNolia Cox was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at the Colonial School in Akron, Ohio. She was the first Black top-5 finalist at the National Spelling Bee that year, in which Elizabeth Kenny, another young Black student about whom little is known, also participated.

Is Zaila Avant-garde homeschooled?

Asked about the keys to her historic win, Avant-garde mentions the ability to control her own school schedule; she’s homeschooled and blocks out about seven hours each day to study words.