Born in 2002, Amaya started gymnastics at the age of 12.5 years old. She began her career in AAU gymnastics, in late August of 2014, when she joined a beginners gymnastics class after her parents discovered she was teaching herself gymnastics from YouTube videos. She went on to compete levels 1 and 3 that same year and won 3rd AA at the AAU State Championships the summer of 2015. Amaya became a member of USAG in November of 2015 and competed levels 4 and 5 in 2016. In 2017, Amaya competed level 6 at the SoCal Levels 6-10 State Championships and claimed the first place title in all events and the first place AA title for her age division with an overall score of 38.625. She placed 4th overall with the level 6 athletes and tied for 14th place among all athletes competing at these State Championships. Amaya was placed on My Meet Scores top 100 in 2017 for her Bars and her AA scores. Amaya competed level 8 in 2018 and again placed 1st AA in her age division for the SoCal Levels 6-10 State Championships with a score of 37.750. Amaya was honored to represent SoCal State and competed on the State Team at the Region 1 Levels 8-10 Championships where she placed 5th AA with a score of 38.175. Amaya is currently training Level 9 and looks forward to competing in January of 2019. In 2017, Amaya competed level 6 at the SoCal Levels 6-10 State Championships and claimed the first place title in all events and the first place AA title for her age division with an overall score of 38.625. She placed 4th overall with the level 6 athletes and tied for 14th place among all athletes competing at these State Championships. Amaya was placed on My Meet Scores top 100 in 2017 for her Bars and her AA scores. Amaya competed level 8 in 2018 and again placed 1st AA in her age division for the SoCal Levels 6-10 State Championships with a score of 37.750. Amaya was honored to represent SoCal State and competed on the State Team at the Region 1 Levels 8-10 Championships where she placed 5th AA with a score of 38.175. Amaya is currently training Level 9 and looks forward to competing in January of 2019.