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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]]. 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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*{{Cite news|url=http://www.lataco.com/meet-amanda-gorman-the-l-a-native-who-is-the-first-national-youth-poet-laureate/|title=Meet Amanda Gorman, the L.A. Native Who Is the First National Youth Poet Laureate|author=Astrid|date=March 22, 2018|work=L.A. TACO|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829120916/http://www.lataco.com/meet-amanda-gorman-the-l-a-native-who-is-the-first-national-youth-poet-laureate/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her twin sister, Gabrielle, is an activist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/rise-up-as-one-video-featuring-poet-amanda-gorman-filmmaker-gabrielle-gorman-shows-how-powerful-resistance-can-be-when-its-intersectional-exclusive-7945545|title=These Twin Sisters Have A Powerful Message About Making Sure Your Resistance Includes All Women|last=Rodriguez-Cayro|first=Kyli|magazine=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225640/https://www.bustle.com/p/rise-up-as-one-video-featuring-poet-amanda-gorman-filmmaker-gabrielle-gorman-shows-how-powerful-resistance-can-be-when-its-intersectional-exclusive-7945545|url-status=live}}</ref> and filmmaker.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite magazine |last1=Luders-Manuel |first1=Shannon |title=Meet Gabrielle Gorman: Filmmaker and YoungArts Winner |url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/meet-gabrielle-gorman-filmmaker-and-youngarts-winner/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |magazine=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |date=April 19, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128231930/https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/meet-gabrielle-gorman-filmmaker-and-youngarts-winner/ |url-status=live }}
*{{cite news |last1=Larsen |first1=Peter |title=Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman will be youngest poet to read at presidential inauguration |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/15/los-angeles-native-amanda-gorman-will-be-youngest-poet-to-read-at-presidential-inauguration/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Orange County Register |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121011814/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/15/los-angeles-native-amanda-gorman-will-be-youngest-poet-to-read-at-presidential-inauguration/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gorman has said she grew up in an environment with limited television access.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/americas-first-youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-on-the-power-of-young-women|title=America's First Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman on the Power of Young Women|last=Hawkins|first=Khaliha|magazine=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225702/https://www.glamour.com/story/americas-first-youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-on-the-power-of-young-women|url-status=live}}</ref> She has described her young self as a "weird child" who enjoyed reading and writing and was encouraged by her mother.<ref name=":0" />
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 realizedrealised 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]], [[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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==Career==
===Beginnings and recognition (2014–2020)===
Gorman's art and activism focus on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the [[African diaspora]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=February 28, 2018|title=A Coda to Black History Month|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-coda-to-black-history-month.html|first=Adeel|last=Hassan|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120334/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-coda-to-black-history-month.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mashable.com/2017/09/17/amanda-gorman-us-youth-poet-laureate-social-good/#.oPOIRaENiqO|title=Watch the first-ever U.S. youth poet laureate perform a stunning poem about social change|last=Petronzio|first=Matt|website=[[Mashable]]|date=September 17, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225640/https://mashable.com/2017/09/17/amanda-gorman-us-youth-poet-laureate-social-good/#.oPOIRaENiqO|url-status=live}}</ref> She has said she was inspired to become a youth delegate for the [[United Nations]] in 2013 after watching a speech by Pakistani [[Nobel Prize]] laureate [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 3, 2017|title=How Amanda Gorman Became the Nation's First Youth Poet Laureate|first=Alex|last=Hawgood|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/style/amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-laureate.html|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120213144/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/style/amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-laureate.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gorman was chosen as the first youth poet laureate of [[Los Angeles]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 24, 2015|title=Mentoring the Next Generation of L.A. Letters|language=en|work=[[KCET]]|url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-la-letters|first=Mike|last=Sonksen|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120258/https://www.kcet.org/history-society/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-la-letters|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 it was reported that Gorman was "editing the first draft of a novel the 16‑year‑old has been writing over the last two years."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Thomson|first=Hilary|date=May 27, 2014|title=Writes of Passage|work=Trek|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|url=https://trekmagazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2014/may-2014/features/writes-of-passage/|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603203444/https://trekmagazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2014/may-2014/features/writes-of-passage/|archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> She published the poetry book ''The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough'' in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=A young poet for whom words are not enough|first=Sophia|last=Eppolito|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/21/young-poet-for-whom-words-are-not-enough/o54NK48fpuThupPFTzahII/story.html|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181159/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/21/young-poet-for-whom-words-are-not-enough/o54NK48fpuThupPFTzahII/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2016, Gorman founded the nonprofit organization One Pen One Page, a youth writing and leadership program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilpin |first1=Caroline Crosson |title=Do You Read or Write Poetry? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/learning/do-you-read-or-write-poetry.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155017/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/learning/do-you-read-or-write-poetry.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/gender-letter-all-the-poetry-thats-fit-to-print.html|title=Gender Letter: All the Poetry That's Fit to Print|first=Jessica|last=Bennett|author-link=Jessica Bennett (journalist)|date=April 26, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120144/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/gender-letter-all-the-poetry-thats-fit-to-print.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she became the first author to be featured on [[XQ Institute]]'s Book of the Month, a monthly giveaway to share inspiring [[Gen Z]]'s favorite books. She wrote a tribute for black athletes for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Italie|first=Hillel|title=Meet Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet chosen to read at the inauguration of Joe Biden|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-inauguration-ceremony-poet-youngest-in-memory-20210115-d5pu65eygra6lhagutnrevvpuu-story.html|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=baltimoresun.com|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120506/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-inauguration-ceremony-poet-youngest-in-memory-20210115-d5pu65eygra6lhagutnrevvpuu-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and has a book deal with [[Viking Children's Books]] to write two children's picture books.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, Will Read at Biden's Inauguration|first=Hillel|last=Italie|url=https://time.com/5930015/poet-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115065759/https://time.com/5930015/poet-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Poet and former Youth Laureate Amanda Gorman has book deal|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/11/poet-and-former-youth-laureate-amanda-gorman-has-book-deal/kZ1VkcCmLLLCvBt0UwzGqK/story.html|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=January 17, 2021|newspaper=The Boston Globe|agency=[[Associated Press]]|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043805/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/11/poet-and-former-youth-laureate-amanda-gorman-has-book-deal/kZ1VkcCmLLLCvBt0UwzGqK/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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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/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>