Sukanya

Sukanya is fascinated by places such as Death Valley, Devil's Island, and the Sahara Desert, and she collects postcards from around the world.

Postcard Pal 2003

Sukanya is fascinated by places such as Death Valley, Devil's Island, and the Sahara Desert, and she collects postcards from around the world.

Wanderlustress: 2003

As Abhi Roy said in an interview, Sukanya's performance in the spelling bee "wasn't about winning; we want her to appreciate the language."

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants 2011

Sukanya's father, Abhi Roy, teaches marketing at the University of Scranton, and her mother Mousumi Roy is an independent mathematics scholar and former instructor at Johns Hopkins University.

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants 2011

Sukanya settled in Willesden Green, north-west London.

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This year, eighth-grader Sukanya Roy spelled "periscii" and "cymotrichous" to take the title not even my Microsoft Word spell check recognizes those words, becoming the fourth American of Indian descent to win the bee in a row, and the ninth to win it in the past 13 years.

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants 2011

"People are falling ill now with diarrhea and nausea," said Sukanya Wimutipphan, a 36-year-old resident in a part of Bangkok where city authorities have erected a flood barrier that immersed about 1,000 households.

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America can add to that asset by attracting more people like Sukanya Roy's parents.

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants 2011

"I want the government to take care of the expensive price of goods," says Sukanya Puangsamran, a 20-year-old food vendor in Bangkok.

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As Sukanya Roy's story shows, the value of immigration extends beyond what immigrants produce during their lifetimes, to what their children and grandchildren can also produce.

The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants 2011