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amanda gorman
Her reading was dedicated to three pandemic heroes: educator Trimaine Davis, nurse Suzie Dorner and Marine veteran James Martin.
The 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate says she wants Americans to take her presidential plans seriously, too.
"We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be. A country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free."