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High school valedictorian who gave faith-filled speech reveals motivation: Jesus

South Carolina student's commencement speech went viral — "center of my life," she told Fox News

June 22, 2023 • By Deirdre Reilly | Fox News • 2 Corinthians 12:10, Genesis 1:27, Hebrews 13:8

Lydia Owens, a South Carolina public high school class president and valedictorian, stepped out in faith while addressing her classmates in her commencement speech — and her words of Christian belief quickly went viral.