Mary Elizabeth Taylor, one of the highest-ranking African American officials in the Trump administration, resigned on Thursday over President Donald Trump s response to racial tensions across the nation, The Washington Post reported .

Taylor, 30, was the youngest person and first Black woman to serve as assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the State Department.

In her resignation letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, obtained by the Post, Taylor said the presidents comments and actions surrounding racial injustice and Black Americans had cut sharply against my core values and convictions.