Amanda Gorman - National Youth Poet Laureate

Gorman says she doesn't view her speech impediment as a crutch—rather, sees it as a gift, ”I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing. I realized that at a young age when I was reciting the Marianne Deborah Williamson quote that 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' to my mom."

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