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Black-ish Star Yara Shahidi Is So Cool, Even Michelle Obama Is a Fan

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Black-ish Star Yara Shahidi Is So Cool, Even Michelle Obama Is a Fan

She's a style icon in the making.
Image Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez

Yara Shahidi is inspirational. The 17-year-old Iranian-African American actress and star of ABC's Black-ish describes herself as a "humanitarian and activist," but it's her actions that speak much louder than her words. From mentoring young girls to lead healthy and positive lifestyles to using her platform to spread awareness about human rights, Yara is the real deal. Read on to see why she's the definition of black girl magic.

1 She's educated.

She's educated.
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Yara has been accepted into every college she applied to, including Harvard. Former first lady Michelle Obama even wrote her a letter of recommendation, and also tapped Yara for her Let Girls Learn initiative, which promotes equal opportunity to education for girls around the world. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Yara revealed she will double major in sociology and African-American studies, but plans on taking a break the year after graduating from high school. The Black-ish actress told People she definitely wants to take classes on campus for a traditional college experience.

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2 She's a style icon in the making.

She's a style icon in the making.
Image Source: Getty / Alberto E. Rodriguez

When she's not obsessing over denim heels and turtle necks, Yara can be found shopping at affordable clothing stores like Zara and Adidas. Yara's number one rule for feeling confident? Be yourself. "It's important to feel as though you are authentically yourself," she told Vogue. "Maintaining a sense of your personality grounds you in your space. I try and just make what I wear a reflection of how I feel at that moment, at that particular place in time." So that's the secret to how she rocks the red carpet like nobody's business.

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