• By Sadie
    May 7, 2009 4:20 PM 1,787
    read more: #themoreyouknow, #yulkendyvaldez, #spelling, #amazinggirls, #scrippsnationalspellingbee

    Spellbound!

    Although fourteen-year-old Yulkendy Valdez moved to the United States from her native Dominican Republic less than four years ago knowing no English, this year she will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee! [NPR]


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