Aliya Deri
Aliya Deri (born 1992) is an American college student and was the champion of the 2008 National Vocabulary Championship. She was also a runner up for the 78th Scripps National Spelling Bee at the age of 13. She was featured in the book American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds, ISBN 1-59486-214-1.[1][2] Deri graduated from Amador Valley High School in 2009 and enrolled at Stanford University afterwards, majoring in computer science.[3] She is currently pursuing a computer science PhD degree at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute.[4] Deri of is both German and Bengali descent.[5]
Preceded by Robert Marsland |
National Vocabulary Championship winner 2008 |
Succeeded by |
References
- ↑ "California's Aliya Deri Wins GSN's Second Annual 'National Vocabulary Championship' Finals". Prnewswire.com. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ↑ http://www.maguireonline.com/aliyaderi.php
- ↑ Bonin, Adam. After the bee. A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago. June 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Aliya Deri at ISI".
- ↑ Berger, Joseph (June 5, 2005). "Striving in America, and in the Spelling Bee". New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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