Duaa Ouznali’s winning word was ‘droshky.’ Her strategy for studying spelling, she says, is ‘listening to the words a lot.’ ...

She tackled the word, droshky, a public carriage used in Russia, to win the local title and the right to compete at the ...

Ouznali endured nearly 30 rounds of spelling and vocabulary confrontations; she ultimately won the competition after ...

Duaa Ouznali from Bright Horizon Academy will represent the county at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in ...

Following her education in San Diego County, Nandipata went on to graduate from Yale with a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience.

Duaa Ouznali from Bright Horizon Academy, 2025 winner of San Diego County’s spelling bee. (Photo courtesy of San Diego County Office of Education) The San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling ...