NewsWhore
05-15-2009, 05:20 PM
Yulkendy Valdez has become an inspiration for people all across the US. The 14-year-old immigrated to the US from the DR just four years ago, speaking no English, but with hard work and dedication she has mastered the English language and will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee later this month. Scripps has become the leading spelling bee in the US and is now a nationally televised event. Valdez attends Ferguson Middle School in St Louis, Missouri and has won several spelling bees across the state. She says she is excited about competing in the national event. Valdez says that she learned English by "reading a ton of books and watching American television instead of Spanish language programming" to practice. She first heard about the spelling bee the very year she entered school in St. Louis.
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See http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/tag/yulkendy-valdez/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)