Unable to get my page "home" as index file

Unable to direct my page called “home” as the index page. I have home listed twice in my gallery links. How allow a page I create to be the “home” page. I’ve tried every which way to edit my permalink, but word press will not allow to make my page called home the index file. It will force it in a folder directory. I don’t want it to be a https://www.amyvaughtersphoto/studentportfolio/home/ I want it to be https://www.amyvaughters.com/studentportfolio/ (www.amyvaughters.com/studentportfolio/index.html).

Can anyone help me? it’s driving me crazy…I wouldn’t have this problem hard coding, not sure how to force the CMS to let me have an index file.

I did this on an older version without any problems. ex. amyvaughters.com

–Amy
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