Corbin Trevino, a seventh grader at Flour Bluff Junior High, is heading to the nation’s capital to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Trevino spent months studying thousands of words — their meanings, their origins — all leading up to one moment. He clinched his spot by correctly spelling his winning word at the regional competition.
“I knew my winning word immediately… amygdala… A M Y G D A L A… as in like brain anatomy,” Trevino said…