 At age 18, Tara Prakash writes about things like watching her grandparents age. I hope you know that even though you've dwindled from above, not even the strongest sun could steal you from our hearts, our memory. Prakash was already Montgomery County's Youth Poet Laureate when she took to the stage at the Kennedy Center in May to perform. And she learned right then she'd been named Maryland's Youth Poet Laureate. It was a complete surprise. I was like, I can't be hearing this right.