One local student is off to Washington D.C. for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This teenager was chosen from students across the U.S. and other countries for this honor.

Words that are tough to pronounce-- let alone spell-- like tetragrammaton, or grivoiserie, are not too tough for 14-year old Bianca James to spell.

"I think it's a God-given gift, and I'm blessed to have it, but I go over words a lot and they just stick-I don't know how, I don't know why, they just do," says Bianca.