A student hated reading for years. Her podcast explores finding the right diagnosis
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"It's kind of confusing what it is like in my brain," she says. All she knew back then was that reading was hard. Even when she spent more time working on it than her friends, she could never reach their level.

Like millions of Americans , Cora has dyslexia, but it took her almost five years to get the correct diagnosis.

Her podcast about the journey to understanding her own mind is the grand prize winner for middle school in this year's NPR Student Podcast Challenge . " Dyslexia and MEE " was chosen from nearly 1,500 submissions from 42 states and the District of Columbia.

"I feel really excited," Cora says about her victory. Her parents, who spent the whole journey right by her side, are thrilled too.

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