![]() After years of working with WriteGirl, a Los Angeles based non-profit that assists young teen girls to discover the power of their voice through writing, 17-year-old Gorman published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015. This inspiring young woman became a youth delegate for the United Nations in 2013 and was chosen as the first youth poet laureate of Los Angeles in 2014. Growing up, she was given limited access to television, only being allowed to watch 1940s sitcoms, and was required to give a social justice argument if she desired to watch something else. Gorman began writing songs when she was five years old but moved to poetry once recognizing that she had few musical talents. Amanda was born prematurely and was diagnosed with a speech and auditory impediment in her youth. All three were raised by single mother Joan Wicks, a sixth grade English Teacher. ![]() She has an older brother, Spencer, and a twin sister, Gabrielle. Gorman was born on March 7, 1998, in Los Angeles, California. ![]()
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