On 20th January 2021, the 22-year-old Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to ever recite an inauguration poem in the United States. It took her five minutes to capture the world’s attention with her poem titled “The Hill We Climb”, and for the past few days, Amanda Gorman has become a household name. So, if you didn’t know much about Gorman before her captivating rendition, here are five things you would love to know about.

Amanda plans to run for president in 2036:

You should tick that on your calendar. Speaking to a New York Times Reporter, Amanda announced her intention to run for president in 2036. Unquestionably, watching Kamala Harris sworn into office must have fuelled this ambition and in her words, “There is no denying that victory for her is a victory for all of us who would like to see ourselves represented as women of colour in office.”

She has a speech impediment:

Despite her speech impediment, Amanda Gorman was able to give that stunning performance at the inauguration. The impediment is related to the difficulty in pronouncing the sound ‘r’. However, Amanda used writing and a song from Mirinda’s Pulitzer Prize-wining Broadway Musical Hamilton to overcome the impediment.

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