Hi, I'm Taylor.
Last time I was in a stadium this size, I was dancing in heels and wearing a glittery leotard.
This outfit is much more comfortable.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to NYU's Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bill Berkeley and all the trustees and members of the board, NYU's President Andrew Hamilton, Provost Katherine Fleming, and the faculty and alumni here today who have made this day possible.
I feel so proud to share this day with my fellow honorees Susan Hockfield and Felix Matos Rodriguez, who humble me with the ways they improve our world with their work.
As for me, I'm…90% sure the main reason I'm here is because I have a song called '22.' And let me just say, I am elated to be here with you today as we celebrate and graduate New York University's Class of 2022.
Not a single one of us here today has done it alone.
We are each a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us, those who have believed in our futures, those who showed us empathy and kindness or told us the truth even when it wasn't easy to hear.
Those who told us we could do it when there was absolutely no proof of that.
Someone read stories to you and taught you to dream and offered up some moral code of right and wrong for you to try and live by.
