sworn in as the country's first woman vice president and first woman of color to serve in that position.
Gorman arrives on the presidential stage after being named the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles in 2014 andNational Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman attends the Fourt of July fireworks spectacular, June 30, 2020., Gorman has had to work hard to overcome a speech impediment. She told NPR that because of her difficulty saying certain letters of the alphabet, she has to constantly"self-edit and self-police.""I would be in the bathroom scribbling five minutes before trying to figure out if I could say 'earth' or if I can say 'girl' or if I can say 'poetry.' And you know, doing the best with the poem I could," she said, noting that other famous inauguration orators, like Angelou, have also overcome struggles.
"I think there is a real history of orators who have had to struggle, a type of imposed voicelessness, you know, having that stage at inauguration," Gorman told NPR."So it's really special for me."
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