A Bright Future For Amanda Gorman!

Amanda Gorman is moving forward.

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An amazing feat in the United States. A 22-year old African American woman is recognized for her achievements. Amanda S.C. Gorman is an American poet and activist. Her works focus on the issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as African diaspora.

She had the opportunity to deliver the her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

A child of Los Angeles, Amanda grew up in a single family home with her two siblings. Her mother was a teacher. The young woman has a twin sister, Gabrielle who is an activist and filmmaker. She grew up in a home where watching television was limited and she was always into reading books and writing.

Gorman is very sensitive to loud sounds. She has an auditory processing disorder and grew up with a speech impediment. She said that she had to go through speech therapy to strengthen her voice.

Amanda spoke at the inauguration of Joe Biden.

The inspiration of writing led to her focus on issues that the government often overlooked.

She was inspired to become a youth delegate for the United Nations in 2013 after watching Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, a young woman who survived a near-fatal shooting in a terrorist attack on her way to school. She wrote her first book The One for Whom Food is Not Enough in 2015.

She also grew towards activism by starting the organization One Pen One Page. She also became the first youth poet to open the literary season of the Library of Congress.

She also studied at Harvard University and graduated in 2020 with cum laude in sociology.

Now in 2021, Amanda is going places. Her poem, "The Hill We Climb" is a call for unity and collaboration and togetherness" among the crisis Americans are facing. She was asked by First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden to deliver the poem on behalf of the Biden Inaugural commission.

She ended up becoming the youngest person to ever deliver an inaugural poem.

She said that the poem came days after the U.S. Capitol chaos in which former president Donald J. Trump whipped his supporters into causing an insurrection. It lead to his second impeachment and permanent banishment from social media.

Amanda was recently signed to IMG Models and WME. She is expected to deliver a poem in Tampa, Florida for the Superbowl LV. The first for the young talent.

It's amazing to have a SHERO at such a young age strive for the plights of people of color.

We wish Amanda well on her journey to greatness.