Zaila Avant-garde understood the significance of what she was doing as she stood on the Scripps National Spelling Bee stage, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin ...

Zaila Avant-Garde is a multitalented 16-year-old from New Orleans. She won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, becoming the first African American to win the competition in almost 100 years.

Since she started reading chapter books, 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde's father has kept a running list of the hundreds of books she's read. But by summer’s end, the ...

Zaila Avant-garde is now adding "author" to her outstanding résumé! The 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee winner, now 16, of Louisiana, will make her debut as a children's book author this year with ...

Zaila Avant-garde made history as the first African-American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021. Now 16, she's also a two-time Guinness World Record holder, and author of the new book ...

Zaila Avant-garde has had a whirlwind summer, bursting into the national spotlight by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8, becoming the first Black American to do so. Sunday was yet ...

An exceptional young woman who cemented herself in the history books has a bright future ahead. The saying goes, hard work pays off, and Zaila Avant-garde has taken that to the max. At 18, Avant-garde ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde has been busy since her victory on July 8. Already, the 14-year-old eighth-grader has been celebrated by the likes of Barack and Michelle Obama, ...

This teen connected her talents from spelling to writing. Zaila Avant-garde, the teen champion of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, announced her newest accomplishment: becoming a children’s ...

BYJU’S, the world’s leading education technology company, announced that 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion Zaila Avant-garde has signed on as its first U.S. youth ambassador. Avant-garde is ...

"I'm extremely excited to have my first books published, and I'm especially happy that they are for kids," Zaila, now 16, tells PEOPLE Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE.