# @scrippsnationalspellingbee on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdjkPoSF1Zp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70807649-scrippsnationalspellingbee-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-21T16:15:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Scripps National Spelling Bee (@scrippsnationalspellingbee) — https://gondola.cc/scrippsnationalspellingbee

## Caption

Sirjana Kaur from Redmond, Washington, competed in the Bee in 2019, watched as Covid canceled the 2020 Bee, just missed the national stage in 2021, then rebounded with incredible resilience and determination to score a Top 50 finish in 2022. 🐝

Sirjana's tenacity hasn't wavered a bit since then. These days, she's a neuroscience and English student at ucberkeleyofficial and a Teen Link Youth Crisis Specialist with an interest in mental health, neurodevelopment, and the interactions between language, emotion, and cognition. She even won the Youth Poetry Slam at the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Festival this past summer. Keep shining your light, Sirjana! ⭐️ #spellingbee

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