By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Amanda Gorman was born in Los Angeles and studied sociology at Harvard University.
In 2017, the now 22-year-old became the first national youth poet laureate.
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, Gorman, an African American, was the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration.
