Complex sentence: Born Fay Mitchell to Bessie Kaiser Mitchell and David Mitchell in New York City, she was raised in Elmira, New York, where she won the New York State Spelling Championship at twelve and was presented with a silver cup by then Governor Franklin Roosevelt.
Split into simpler sentences: Born Fay Mitchell to Bessie Kaiser Mitchell and David Mitchell in New York City, she was raised in Elmira, New York. She won the New York State Spelling Championship at twelve and was presented with a silver cup by then Governor Franklin Roosevelt.