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AMANDA GORMAN?
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The article is about getting to know about Amanda Gorman and how she became the star of the
inauguration day. Amanda Gorman is a 22-year-old writer who was born and raised in Los

Angeles, CA. Her passion for poetry started after hearing her teacher read Ray Bradbury's
"Dandelion Wine" to the class. Gorman had difficulty pronouncing certain sounds. When
Gorman was 14 years old, she joined WriteGirl, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles that
promotes creativity and self-expression to empower girls. At the age of 16, she was named the
first-ever Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman recently graduated cum laude from
Harvard University. She performed her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the ceremony, becoming