Wonderfully talented and truly unstoppable, Amanda Gorman is a force to be reckoned with.
In case you want to know more about this incredible young woman, we've rounded up some tidbits below:
1. In 2017, she was the first person to be named the national youth poet laureate, which is far from an easy achievement.
2. Before that, in 2014, she was named the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles.
3. She's the one you couldn't take your eyes off of at the 2021 presidential inauguration and the Super Bowl.
4. She read her title work, "The Hill We Climb," from her soon-to-be-released poetry collection at the inauguration. Can you imagine?
5. And she followed that up by reading an original poem, called "Chorus of the Captains," at the 2021 Super Bowl.
6. Amanda has been signed to a publisher and is set to release three books this year.
7. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country is available for preorder.
8. And The Hill We Climb: And Other Poems, an expansive collection, is also available for preorder.
9. In addition, her inspiring children's book, Change Sings: A Children's Anthem, is available for preorder.
10. While they're not yet available, these books have already achieved bestseller status, with preorders through the roof.
11. And for a look back at her early years in poetry, Amanda even self-published a book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015.
12. She has been a vocal activist for a very long time.
13. She started a charity organization — One Pen One Page — in 2016.
14. She's also an alum of Write Girl, a mentorship program and organization that promotes "creativity and self-expression to empower girls."
15. She graduated from Harvard University in 2020.
16. (And yes, she graduated cum laude, alongside her many other academic accolades.)
17. She has a twin sister, Gabrielle.
18. Amanda has been outspoken about the auditory processing disorder she was diagnosed with in kindergarten, which makes her hypersensitive to sound.
19. There's no stopping her ascent.
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