A poet and an activist, Amanda Gorman, is a 22-year-old young woman, who also happened to be the youngest inaugural poet in U.S history. Amanda recited her praised poem, “The Hill We Climb” in President Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington, DC, on January 20. But Gorman was not born with the skills that made her able to strongly write and speak her reflections she had struggled with these same abilities. According to Wikipedia, when Gorman was young, she was confirmed with an auditory processing disorder and a speech impediment. Auditory processing disorder, or APD, is when a person struggles with processing hearing. Years later, according to The Harvard Gazette, in 2018 Amanda reflected on her disorder, “I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became good at reading and writing.” Looking back to The Harvard Gazette, in 2014 Amanda was titled as the youth laureate of Los Angeles, in 2015 she released her first poetry collection called, “The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough,” and in 2017 Gorman was named the National Youth Laureate. Until in 2020 she graduated from Harvard University and was selected to recite her poem at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021. With determination and a positive attitude, Amanda Gorman became the youngest, but one of the most influential writers and speakers today.