“Giving back isn’t something you do when you’re old, it’s something you do when you’re young as well, and that means right now.” – Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi is living proof teenagers can change the world. On top of starring on the ABC hit show Black-ish, Yara is a self-described “current humanitarian” with a 4.6 GPA and taking AP Calculus and Honors Chemistry classes. She’s met with UN Women to discuss gender equality and on a panel called “Cracking the Code: Diversity, Hollywood, and STEM” at the Paley Center for Media.
”I met a girl who told me, ‘I took this extra science class because of you,’ and that was one of the best compliments I had ever gotten in my entire existence. It’s up there with the girls who say, ‘I see myself represented in you.’”
DoSomething.org, a non profit group helping young people create social change, partnered with Yara in 2015 to create a PSA to encourage young women to go into the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Watch that here!
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqJaikiRIAA
http://www.wmagazine.com/story/yara-shahidi-16-year-old-actress-and-activist
