Exclusive video shows Amanda Gorman reading her poetry at an event for WriteGirl. The creative writing mentorship program's founder, CNN Hero Keren Taylor reflects on Gorman's journey. https://cnn.it/2YSU5lo | CNN International

Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet from Los Angeles, is the youngest person in recent memory to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration. Gorman opened by acknowledging the reasons why hope can be challenging. "Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?" she asked. "And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished." "The new dawn blooms as we free it," she said. "For there is always lig