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'''Amanda S. C. Gorman'''<ref name="Walsh2018" /> (born March 7, 1998)<ref>{{cite news|title=Famous birthdays for March 7: Laura Prepon, Nadav haniger|work=UPI|date=March 7, 2021|access-date=March 7, 2021|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/03/07/Famous-birthdays-for-March-7-Laura-Prepon-Amanda-Gorman/7021615078071/|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307120253/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/03/07/Famous-birthdays-for-March-7-Laura-Prepon-Amanda-Gorman/7021615078071/|url-status=live}}</ref> is an American [[poet]] and, [[Civil rights activist|activist]], and [[model]]. Her work focuses on issues of [[oppression]], [[feminism]], [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|race]] and [[Social exclusion|marginalization]], as well as the [[African diaspora]]. Gorman was the first person to be named [[National Youth Poet Laureate]]. She published the poetry book ''The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough'' in 2015. She rose to fame in 2021 for writing and delivering her poem "[[The Hill We Climb]]" at the [[inauguration of Joe Biden]]. Gorman's inauguration poem generated international acclaim and shortly thereafter, two of her books achieved [[best-seller]] status, and she obtained a professional [[management contract]].

Gorman was highlighted in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's [[100 Next]] list under the category of "Phenoms", with a profile written by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]].<ref name="2021 Time100 Next">{{Cite magazine|title=2021 Time100 Next: Amanda Gorman|url=https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2021/5937743/amanda-gorman/|access-date=February 17, 2021|first=Lin-Manuel|last=Miranda|author-link=Lin-Manuel Miranda|date=February 17, 2021|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514223205/https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2021/5937743/amanda-gorman/|url-status=live}}</ref> That same month, Gorman became the first poet to perform at the [[Super Bowl]], when she delivered her poem "Chorus of the Captains" at [[Super Bowl LV]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-08|title=Amanda Gorman Becomes First Poet To Perform At Super Bowl|url=https://www.kalw.org/news/2021-02-08/amanda-gorman-becomes-first-poet-to-perform-at-super-bowl|access-date=2021-12-30|website=KALW|language=en|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230134905/https://www.kalw.org/news/2021-02-08/amanda-gorman-becomes-first-poet-to-perform-at-super-bowl|url-status=live}}</ref>

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Gorman has an [[auditory processing disorder]] and is hypersensitive to sound.<ref name=":0" /> She also had a [[speech impediment]] during childhood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-gorman/poetrys-relevance-to-yout_b_6000384.html|title=How Poetry Gave Me a Voice|last=Gorman|first=Amanda|date=November 21, 2014|website=[[Huffington Post]]|language=en-US|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120435/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poetrys-relevance-to-yout_b_6000384|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Breslow |first1=Jason |title='History Has Its Eyes On Us.' Poet Amanda Gorman Seeks Right Words For Inauguration |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/19/958077401/history-has-its-eyes-on-us-poet-amanda-gorman-seeks-right-words-for-inauguration |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[Morning Edition]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=January 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121000817/https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/19/958077401/history-has-its-eyes-on-us-poet-amanda-gorman-seeks-right-words-for-inauguration |url-status=live }}</ref> Gorman participated in speech therapy during her childhood and Elida Kocharian of ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' wrote in 2018, "Gorman doesn't view her speech impediment as a crutch—rather, she sees it as a gift and a strength."<ref name="Kocharian">{{cite news |last1=Kocharian |first1=Elida |title=American Lyricist |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/1/amanda-gorman-scrutling/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=February 1, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121005245/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/1/amanda-gorman-scrutling/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gorman told ''[[The Harvard Gazette]]'' in 2018, "I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing. I realised that at a young age when I was reciting the [[Marianne Williamson|Marianne Deborah Williamson]] quote that 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' to my mom."<ref name="Walsh2018">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Colleen |title=The poetic perspective |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-delivers-poem-at-harvard-presidents-inauguration/ |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121231233/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-delivers-poem-at-harvard-presidents-inauguration/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Gorman told ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' co-host [[Anthony Mason (journalist)|Anthony Mason]] that she used songs as a form of [[Speech–language pathology|speech therapy]], and explained, "My favorite thing to practice was the song 'Aaron Burr, Sir,' from ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'' because it is jam-packed with R's. And I said, 'if I can keep up with [[Leslie Odom Jr.|Leslie]] in this track, then I am on my way to being able to say this R in a poem."<ref name="CBSNews2021">{{cite news |title=Amanda Gorman makes history as youngest known inaugural poet |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-the-hill-we-climb/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174052/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-the-hill-we-climb/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gorman attended New Roads, a private school in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], for grades K–12.<ref>{{cite web |title=16 Alumna and US Youth Poet Laureate Presents Poem at Library of Congress |url=https://www.newroads.org/news-story?pk=948670 |website=Newroads.org |date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120448/https://www.newroads.org/news-story?pk=948670 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a senior, she received a [[Milken Family Foundation]] college scholarship.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 14, 2016|title=Santa Monica students win Milken scholarships|language=en-US|newspaper=[[Santa Monica Daily Press]]|url=https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-students-win-milken-scholarships/156246|first=Jeff|last=Goodman|access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715150854/http://smdp.com/santa-monica-students-win-milken-scholarships/156246|url-status=live}}</ref> She studied [[sociology]] at [[Harvard College]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=January 19, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman will be youngest poet to recite at a presidential inauguration|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/19/amanda-gorman-youngest-poet-to-recite-at-a-presidential-inauguration-joe-biden|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120505/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/19/amanda-gorman-youngest-poet-to-recite-at-a-presidential-inauguration-joe-biden|url-status=live}}</ref> graduating ''[[cum laude]]'' in 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theamandagorman.com/|title=Wordsmith. Change-maker|website=Amanda Gorman|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120456/https://www.theamandagorman.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman|title=Amanda Gorman|website=[[Poetry Foundation]]|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428122458/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman|url-status=live}}</ref> as a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Phi Beta Kappa Member Amanda Gorman |url=https://www.pbk.org/News/Amanda-Gorman-reads-her-poem-The-Hill-We-Climb-a |website=The Phi Beta Kappa Society |access-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206102923/https://www.pbk.org/News/Amanda-Gorman-reads-her-poem-The-Hill-We-Climb-a |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fernanda Baron and Amanda Gorman Elected to Senior PBK May 2020 |url=https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/news/fernanda-baron-and-amanda-gorman-elected-senior-pbk |website=Department of Sociology |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=January 31, 2021 |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205194138/https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/news/fernanda-baron-and-amanda-gorman-elected-senior-pbk |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Gorman spent a semester studying in [[Madrid]]|Madrid, [[Spain]],<ref name=Observer.com>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2019/04/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-future-projects-women-in-the-world-summit/|title=The First Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman Wants You to Know Her Work Goes Beyond Words|last=Radin|first=Sara|website=Observer.com|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030135418/https://observer.com/2019/04/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-future-projects-women-in-the-world-summit/|url-status=live}}</ref> supported by [[IES Abroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iesabroad.org/news/ies-abroad-madrid-alum-amanda-gorman-shares-her-study-abroad-story#sthash.p2UBfdPB.z7UUGb64.dpbs|title=IES Abroad Madrid Alum Amanda Gorman Shares Her Study Abroad Story|website=IES Abroad|date=January 22, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303123809/https://www.iesabroad.org/news/ies-abroad-madrid-alum-amanda-gorman-shares-her-study-abroad-story#sthash.p2UBfdPB.z7UUGb64.dpbs|url-status=live}}</ref>

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In 2017, Gorman became the first youth poet to open the literary season for the [[Library of Congress]], and she has read her poetry on [[MTV]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Harvard's Amanda Gorman first youth poet to open Library of Congress literary season|newspaper=The Boston Globe|first=Sophia|last=Eppolito|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/18/harvard-amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-open-library-congress-literary-season/IXhK2LBt7NHYSkTXpDSqcL/story.html|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181236/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/18/harvard-amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-open-library-congress-literary-season/IXhK2LBt7NHYSkTXpDSqcL/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She wrote "In This Place: An American Lyric" for her September 2017 performance at the Library of Congress, which commemorated the inauguration of [[Tracy K. Smith]] as [[United States Poet Laureate|Poet Laureate of the United States]].<ref name="Kocharian" /> The [[Morgan Library & Museum|Morgan Library and Museum]] acquired her poem "In This Place (An American Lyric)" and displayed it in 2018 near works by [[Elizabeth Bishop]].<ref name=":4" />

While at Harvard, Gorman became the first person to be named [[National Youth Poet Laureate]] in April 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> She was chosen from five finalists.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Charles|first=Ron|date=September 14, 2017|title=New U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith reports for duty|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-us-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smith-reports-for-duty/2017/09/14/9f14b014-9950-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-us-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smith-reports-for-duty/2017/09/14/9f14b014-9950-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Gorman won a $10,000 grant from media company [[OZYOzy (media company)Media|''OZY'']] in the annual OZY Genius Awards through which 10 college students are given "the opportunity to pursue their outstanding ideas and envisioned innovations".<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2017|title=How a Young Poet Is Nurturing Empathy&nbsp;... With Virtual Reality|first=Nick|last=Fouriezos|url=https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/how-a-young-poet-is-nurturing-empathy-with-virtual-reality/77355/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=OZY|archive-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430062438/https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/how-a-young-poet-is-nurturing-empathy-with-virtual-reality/77355/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2017, Gorman said she intends to run for president in 2036,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.essence.com/culture/first-youth-poet-laureate-Amanda-Gorman-president|title=America's First Youth Poet Laureate Also Wants to Run For President In 2036!|magazine=Essence|first=Paula|last=Rego|date=November 4, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430115056/https://www.essence.com/culture/first-youth-poet-laureate-Amanda-Gorman-president|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americas-20-year-old-youth-poet-laureate-wont-let-small-minded-prejudice-stop-215752247.html|title=America's 20-year-old youth poet laureate won't let 'small-minded prejudice' stop her|first=Elena|last=Sheppard|website=Yahoo!|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629050150/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americas-20-year-old-youth-poet-laureate-wont-let-small-minded-prejudice-stop-215752247.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Julia|last=Barajas|date=January 17, 2021|title=How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden's inauguration poet|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-17/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|access-date=January 22, 2021|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211300/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-17/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|url-status=live}}</ref> and she has subsequently often repeated this hope.<ref name="BGlobe2021-01-20-01a">{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/20/lifestyle/we-will-never-again-sow-division-harvard-graduate-amanda-gorman-delivers-inaugural-poem/|title=Amid presidents and pop stars, poet Amanda Gorman grabs the spotlight at inauguration|newspaper=The Boston Globe|first=Hanna|last=Krueger|author2=Diti Kohli|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote=She plans on taking the oath of office herself. 'I always say the really, really long-term goal, meaning 2036, is to become president,' Gorman said in a 2017 interview with the Globe after being named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. She has repeated the hope in interviews ever since.|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120180524/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/20/lifestyle/we-will-never-again-sow-division-harvard-graduate-amanda-gorman-delivers-inaugural-poem/|url-status=live}}</ref> On being selected as one of ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine's 2018 "College Women of the Year", she said: "Seeing the ways that I as a young black woman can inspire people is something I want to continue in politics. I don't want to just speak works; I want to turn them into realities and actions."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.glamour.com/gallery/meet-glamours-2018-college-women-of-the-year|title=Meet ''Glamour''{{'}}s 2018 College Women of the Year|first=Jessica|last=Militare|magazine=Glamour|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319210840/https://www.glamour.com/gallery/meet-glamours-2018-college-women-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref> After she read her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, [[Hillary Clinton]] [[Twitter|tweet]]ed her support for Gorman's 2036 aspiration.<ref name="BBC2021-01-20-01a">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564|title=Amanda Gorman: Inauguration poet calls for 'unity and togetherness'|work=[[BBC News]]|author=|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote=Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: 'I for one can't wait.'|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121010950/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Gorman was chosen as one of ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]'' magazine's "Young Futurists", an annual list of "the 25 best and brightest young African-Americans who excel in the fields of social justice and activism, arts and culture, enterprise and corporate innovation, science and technology and green innovation".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|title=2019 Young Futurists: For These 25 Game Changers, the Future Is Now|website=The Root|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205074347/https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|url-status=live}}</ref> She expressed support for abortion rights and ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' in a 2019 ''[[NowThis News]]'' video which included a [[Abortion-rights movements|pro-choice]] poem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Sarah |title=We Heart: Amanda Gorman's Eight Reasons to Stand Up Against Abortion Bans |url=https://msmagazine.com/2021/01/29/we-heart-amanda-gormans-eight-reasons-to-stand-up-against-abortion-bans/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |work=[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]] |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629130745/https://msmagazine.com/2021/01/29/we-heart-amanda-gormans-eight-reasons-to-stand-up-against-abortion-bans/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Jones 2021">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kevin|date=January 27, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet for Biden, has history of abortion advocacy|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246261/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-for-biden-has-history-of-abortion-advocacy|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=Catholic News Agency|language=en|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302091900/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-for-biden-has-history-of-abortion-advocacy|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2020, Gorman appeared in an episode of the web series ''[[Some Good News]]'' hosted by [[John Krasinski]], where she had the opportunity to virtually meet [[Oprah Winfrey]] and issued a virtual [[commencement speech]] to those who could not attend commencements due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States of America|COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration-joe-biden-1234888023/|title=Who Is 22-Year-Old Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman?|first=Mónica|last=Marie Zorrilla|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120233413/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration-joe-biden-1234888023/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Gorman presented "Earthrise", a poem focused on the [[climate crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 25, 2020|title='Earthrise' poem dares us to dream a different reality|first=Ted|last=Countdown|url=https://racetozero.unfccc.int/earthrise-poem-dares-us-to-dream-a-different-reality/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=Race to Zero|language=en|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427084307/https://racetozero.unfccc.int/earthrise-poem-dares-us-to-dream-a-different-reality/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Holthaus|first=Eric|title=Amanda Gorman, the climate poet for our time|url=https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/amanda-gorman-the-climate-poet-for|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=thephoenix.substack.com|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180230/https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/amanda-gorman-the-climate-poet-for|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Gorman, who was photographed by [[Annie Leibovitz]] for the cover-story of the May edition of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' – the first poet ever to have been thus featured by the magazine – has said she has turned down $17 million in offers for endorsements that did not "speak to" her.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-cover-may-2021|title=The Rise and Rise of Amanda Gorman|first=Doreen|last=St. Félix|author-link=Doreen St. Félix|magazine=Vogue|date=May 2021|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717004925/https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-cover-may-2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/apr/07/amanda-gorman-vogue-us-interview-deals-turned-down-inauguration-poem|title=Amanda Gorman says she has declined around $17m in deals since inauguration|first=Priya|last=Elan|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717004923/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/apr/07/amanda-gorman-vogue-us-interview-deals-turned-down-inauguration-poem|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2021, it was announced that Gorman would become the first [[The Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]] "Global Changemaker", as a representative of the brand in ad campaigns and speaking events, in addition to work with the company's grantmaking program to promote literacy for girls and women.<ref name="Friedman 2021">{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Vanessa |title=The Poetic Justice of Amanda Gorman's Estée Lauder Contract |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/amanda-gorman-estee-lauder.html |access-date=September 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903230317/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/amanda-gorman-estee-lauder.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 13, 2021, she co-hosted the [[Met Gala]], alongside actor [[Timothée Chalamet]], singer [[Billie Eilish]], and tennis player [[Naomi Osaka]].<ref name="italie2021">{{cite web | last = Italie | first = Leanne | title = Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Lil Nas X dazzle at Met Gala | website = AP News | date = 13 September 2021 | access-date = 14 September 2021 | url = https://apnews.com/article/met-gala-0e34a990c64132e30897acbafbf5117d | url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913201213/https://apnews.com/article/met-gala-0e34a990c64132e30897acbafbf5117d |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="escobar2021">{{cite web | last = Escobar | first = Natalie | title = Here Are The Best Looks From The Met Gala | website = NPR | date = 13 September 2021 | url = https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036605369/met-gala-looks-best-dressed | url-status = live | access-date = 14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913235027/https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036605369/met-gala-looks-best-dressed |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.newsweek.com/met-gala-2021-hosts-1628359 | website = Newsweek | last = Kim | first = Soo | date = 13 September 2021 | title = Who Are the Met Gala 2021 Hosts? | url-status = live | access-date = 14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913113742/https://www.newsweek.com/met-gala-2021-hosts-1628359 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}</ref>

In the wake of the May 2022 [[Robb Elementary School shooting]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]], Gorman published a short poem on Twitter and encouraged action to promote gun safety,<ref name="Cain 2022">{{cite news|last1=Cain|first1=Sian|title=Amanda Gorman decries US inaction on gun violence in poem after Texas school shooting|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/amanda-gorman-decries-us-inaction-on-gun-violence-in-poem-after-texas-school-shooting|access-date=26 May 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526034531/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/amanda-gorman-decries-us-inaction-on-gun-violence-in-poem-after-texas-school-shooting|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as penning the poem, “Hymn for the Hurting.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/amanda-gorman-uvalde-poem.html|title=Hymn for the Hurting|last=Gorman|first=Amanda|date=May 27, 2022|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2022-05-29|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529140839/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/amanda-gorman-uvalde-poem.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She continued to express her support for ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' and abortion rights in a poem posted on Twitter on June 24, 2022, which includes the line, "We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade."<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1540403105182846976|user=TheAmandaGorman|title=We will not be delayed. We will not be masquerade To the tale of a handmade. We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade. Because when we show up today, We’reWe're already standing up With the tomorrow we made |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Access to "The Hill We Climb" was restricted at the [[Bob Graham Education Center]] in [[Miami Lakes, Florida]], in 2023 based on a filed complaint. In response, Gorman wrote: "Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech."<ref name="pbs">{{cite news|last=Frisaro|first=Freida|title=Amanda Gorman's inauguration poem banned by Florida school|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-banned-by-florida-school|access-date=25 May 2022|work=[[PBS News Hour]]|publisher=[[PBS]]|date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526010342/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-banned-by-florida-school|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gorman was a speaker at the [[2024 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaeger |first1=Zoe |title=Who is poet Amanda Gorman? She speaks on Night 3 of the DNC. |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/21/poet-amanda-gorman-dnc-night-3-speaker-has-a-primetime-slot/74896471007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>

==Influences==

Gorman has spoken of her early attempts at writing being "very ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]''", until she discovered the work of [[Toni Morrison]] in middle school: "I realized then that stories could actually be about people who look like me."<ref name=Observer.com /> [[Observer.com]] reported in 2019: "It was in high school that she eventually read the poetry of other black women such as [[Audre Lorde]] and [[Phillis Wheatley]], and started writing poems that commented on social justice issues such as intersectional feminism and race."<ref name=Observer.com /> Taking a multi disciplined view to self-expression, Gorman has spoken of the connection between fashion and poetry; in 2019, ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine noted that Gorman drew inspiration "from icons such as [[Maya Angelou]], the [[Duchess of Sussex]], and [[Michelle Obama]]", saying: "Fashion brings a distinct visual aesthetic to language. When I'm performing onstage, I'm not just thinking about my clothing, but what my [[Black Panther (character)|Wakanda Forever]] T-shirt and yellow skirt is saying about my identity as a poet."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-national-poet-laureate-milan-fashion-week-diary|title=Meet the Rising Poet Who Stole the Show at Milan Fashion Week|last=Okwodu|first=Janelle|magazine=Vogue|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413111001/https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-national-poet-laureate-milan-fashion-week-diary|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Gorman is a [[Black Catholicism|Black Catholic]], a member of St. Brigid Catholic Church, a Black Catholic parish in her hometown of Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Molina |first1=Alejandra |title=At poet Amanda Gorman's Black Catholic LA parish, 'it's like everybody here is a freedom fighter' |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/29/at-poet-amanda-gormans-black-catholic-la-parish-its-like-everybody-here-is-a-freedom-fighter/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |agency=Mercury News, Bay Area News Group |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318174330/https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/29/at-poet-amanda-gormans-black-catholic-la-parish-its-like-everybody-here-is-a-freedom-fighter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The day after Biden's inauguration, she appeared on ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'' and said that Corden was "like [her] favorite human being ever created."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Chris|date=January 22, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman Geeking Out Over James Corden Won Late Night This Week|work=[[vulture.com|Vulture]]|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/this-week-in-late-night-amanda-gorman-and-james-corden.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127192227/https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/this-week-in-late-night-amanda-gorman-and-james-corden.html|archive-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

Michael Cirelli, executive director of Urban Word NYC, called her a "powerhouse" and has joked that her "bio goes out of date every two weeks."<ref name="Kocharian" />

In 2014, it was reported that Gorman "aspires to be a human rights advocate."<ref name=":5" />

=== Advocacy ===

Gorman signed an October 2023 open letter of artists for ceasefire during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216055552/https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Honors and recognition==

* 2014: Chosen as inaugural youth poet laureate of Los Angeles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WendT0Sm-Tk|title=2014 Inaugural LA Youth Poet Laureate: Amanda Gorman|publisher=Urban Word LA|via=YouTube|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424102628/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WendT0Sm-Tk|url-status=live}}</ref>

* 2017: Chosen as [[National Youth Poet Laureate]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/02/26/youth-poet-laureate|title=First National Youth Poet Laureate On Poetry And Politics|first=Lily|last=Tyson|author2=Meghna Chakrabarti|website=wbur.org|publisher=Radio Boston|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210032742/https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/02/26/youth-poet-laureate|url-status=live}}</ref>

* 2017: ''[[Ozy (media company)Media|Ozy]]'' Genius Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/and-the-winner-is-3/76701/|title=And the winner is&nbsp;...|first=Renee|last=Morad|website=OZY|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065403/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/and-the-winner-is-3/76701/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2018: Named one of ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine's College Women of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theglowup.theroot.com/glamours-college-women-of-year-make-it-clear-we-should-1826869715|title=Glamour Magazine's College Women of Year Make It Clear: We Should All Be Fighting for Change|first=Montana|last=Couser|website=The Root|date=June 15, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212234320/https://theglowup.theroot.com/glamours-college-women-of-year-make-it-clear-we-should-1826869715|url-status=live}}</ref>

* 2018: Presented a poem at the inauguration of [[President of Harvard University]] [[Lawrence Bacow]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard University Presidential Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow {{!}} October 5, 2018 | date=October 5, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlDUyfTHj4 |publisher=Harvard University |via=YouTube |access-date=2023-09-30 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204073639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlDUyfTHj4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* 2019: Named on ''[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]]''{{'}}s "Young Futurists" list<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|title=2019 Young Futurists: For These 25 Game Changers, the Future Is Now|website=The Root|author=The Root Staff|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205074347/https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|url-status=live}}</ref>

* 2021: Selected to read at the [[inauguration of Joe Biden]], becoming the youngest poet ever to read at a US presidential inauguration

*2021: Highlighted by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in their [[Time 100|''Time''100 Next]] list, under the category of "Phenoms"<ref name="2021 Time100 Next" />

*2021: Winner [[Goodreads Choice Awards]] - Best Poetry for ''The Hill We Climb'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Goodreads Choice - Best Poetry {{!}} 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2021 |website=Goodreads |date=2021 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209200032/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*2022: A new species of [[Algae|alga]] in central New York was named ''Gormaniella terricola''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Robison |first1=Tanner |last2=Nelson |first2=Jessica M. |last3=Hauser |first3=Duncan A. |last4=Lewis |first4=Louise A. |last5=Li |first5=Fay‐WeiFay-Wei |date=2022-06-09 |title=Dynamic plastid and mitochondrial genomes in Chaetopeltidales (Chlorophyceae) and characterization of a new chlorophyte taxon |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=109 |issue=6 |language=en |pages=939–951 |doi=10.1002/ajb2.16015 |pmid=35678538 |s2cid=249521314 |issn=0002-9122|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New species of alga named for poet Amanda Gorman |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220609084516.htm |author=Boyce Thompson Institute |date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=ScienceDaily |language=en |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622090647/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220609084516.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

*2022: Winner [[Goodreads Choice Awards]] - Best Poetry for ''Call Us What We Carry'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Goodreads Choice - Best Poetry {{!}} 2022 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2022 |website=Goodreads |date=2022 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209062330/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

*2022: WinnterWinner [[Children's and Family Emmy Awards|Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Program]] - ''[[We the People (2021 TV series)|We the People]]''

*2023: Nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album|Best Spoken Word Poetry Album]] at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards]] for ''[[Call Us What We Carry#Audiobook|Call Us What We Carry]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|first=Taila|last=Lee|date=November 15, 2022|access-date=2022-11-20|website=www.grammy.com|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011536/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|url-status=live}}</ref>

*2023: Elected to membership in the [[American Antiquarian Society]].<ref>[https://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistg "Members"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807032614/https://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistg |date=August 7, 2019 }}, American Antiquarian Society.</ref>

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