For There Is Always Light

Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in U. S. history. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hill We Climb and Call Us What We Carry, as well as the children’ s picture books Change Sings and Something, Someday. Amanda is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. In a groundbreaking collaboration with the Esté e Lauder Companies as a Global Changemaker, she established the “ Writing Change” initiative to support grassroots organizations dedicated to advancing literacy as a pathway to social change. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University and now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.