Amanda Gorman

Amanda Gormanis the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality,and gender justice. Amandas activism and poetry have been featured onTheToday Show, PBS Kids, andCBSThis Morning,and inTheNew York Times,Vogue,Essence,andO, The OprahMagazine.In 2017,Urban Wordnamed her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States.After graduatingcum laudefrom Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.The special edition of her inaugural poem,The Hill We Climb,will be published in March 2021. Her debut picture book,Change Sings,andthebreakoutpoetry collectionThe Hill We Climb and Other Poemswillbe published in September 2021.