LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Twelve-year-old Lafayette native Zhoriel Tapo is a Scholastic Kid reporter. Recently she had the chance to speak with former first lady Michelle Obama about her new ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – 11-year-old Zhoriél Tapo, from Lafayette, recently fulfilled one of her bucket list items when she interviewed former first lady Michelle Obama. Zhoriél Tapo, a Kid Re… ...

Lafayette student and Scholastic Kid Reporter Zhoriél Tapo received the opportunity to interview Vice President Kamala Harris. Tapo interviewed the vice president, as part of a YouTube show.

Tapo had a week to prepare for the interview which was done on March 10. The kid reporter said it was a “dream come true” to speak with Obama, who’s one of her personal role models.

L.J. Alleman Fine Arts Magnet Academy sixth grader Zhoriél Tapo, center, asks a question of former First Lady Michelle Obama during a Zoom roundtable on her new Netflix project, "Waffles ...