The Brief
- Oakland’s Ahmed Muhammad marked a milestone with his graduation from Stanford University.
- The 22-year-old is the founder of the educational non-profit Kits Cubed.
- Muhammad paid tribute to his Oakland community and those who have supported and guided him.
STANFORD, Calif. – Surrounded by family, friends, and others whom Oakland’s Ahmed Muhammad credits for helping him on his journey, the 22-year-old marked a milestone, graduating from Stanford University on Sunday.
“I felt really good,” Muhammad said. “My parents were there, my grandma, my brother, my sister, all my friends and family and mentors and teachers, folks from back home, and so it felt like we were all graduating together.”
Gratitude to his Oakland community
It was a collective achievement, the mechanical engineering graduate said, as he paid tribute to his Oakland roots.
“I’m really grateful to come just from such an amazing village, an amazing community of Oakland, and all my friends, family, teachers, mentors, peers,” Muhammad shared. “I wouldn’t have been able to graduate. All these things that I’ve been very fortunate and blessed to experience wouldn’t be possible without the support and sacrifices of everybody that comes before me.”…