Well Intentioned: Yara Shahidi on Embracing Curiosity, and Why Pushing Yourself Beyond Your Limits Isn’t Always Cute

Vogue 

Yara Shahidi is quite possibly the busiest 22-year-old woman in America. Last month, as her hit ABC series Black-ish aired its final episode, she said goodbye to the show that made her a household name (she’ll continue filming its spin-off, Grown-ish, which has been renewed for its fifth season), all while completing her senior thesis at Harvard University on the work of scholar Sylvia Winter. “Now is a fun time,” the actor and filmmaker says virtually from Boston, where she is counting down the days until her graduation. “Fun time,” it should be noted, isn’t down time. “I’ve just wrapped filming for my part as Tinker Bell in Peter Pan and Wendy,” Shahidi says, adding that she’s preparing for “some movies” post-graduation, including *Sitting in Bars With Cakes—*Amazon Studios upcoming adaptation of author Audrey Shulman’s award-winning novel—which she is particularly excited about. There are also ongoing ambassadorships with Christian Dior and the tech giant Dell to maintain, both of which she has parlayed into her ongoing philanthropic efforts.

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