Creating a life that is authentic, bold, and purposeful takes audacity.

It takes disruption.

That is what it means to be a professional troublemaker.

Professional troublemaker is a book, a podcast, and a life habit.

I'm your host, Lovey Jai Jones, bestseller of books, aficionado of authenticity, and

sorceress of side eyes.

Here to bring you conversations with world movers and change agents who have gotten where

they are through their tenacity, their truth telling, and commitment to making good trouble.

From time to time, I'll even do deep dives on topics that are on my spirit.

My hope is that this show compels you to do big things in a world where we have so much

to fear.

Let us long you courage.

Listen in.

Today, I am in conversation with a true rising troublemaker.

Somebody who I think is an absolute game changer, and in 20 years, she's truly going to be

an icon.

My guest today is Zayla Avengard, and I am so excited for you to hear this conversation.

Zayla is a multi-talented powerhouse with success springing from all her endeavors and all

this before the 9th grade.

We got to know Zayla's name when she won the script's national spell and bee, the first

African-American to win that prize.

But along with her triumph there, she holds three Guinness World Records for her basketball

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