On Finding A New Path

At Wake Forest’s 2026 commencement, Amaya Williams (’26) spoke about finding a new path at Wake Forest University. “Wake stopped feeling like a place that we were just passing through, and it became the place that we were learning how to become,” she said. “Not how to become a perfect, polished, finished version of ourselves, but how to become more honest about who we are, what we value, and the kind of people that we want to be.”

Amaya is the outgoing Student Body President, a Stamps Scholar, and a Leadership and Character Scholar. You can watch her entire speech below: