Trevor Jackson has mastered the on-screen collegiate experience. Through portrayals on University-themed movies like Burning Sands and most recently, his role on Freeform’s hit coming-of-age sitcom Grown-ish, the actor has had ample opportunity to live the life of an undergrad while hard at work on set. “I have not had a personal college experience.
I’ve been to a few college parties,” Jackson laughed. For the actor, his faux-matriculation at Cal U alongside his Grown-ish co-stars is a bond-building experience of self-discovery, much like the like college experience. “You get a family, a group of people that you’re with all the time, and you guys are growing together, learning each other, while also learning yourself.
It’s been beautiful for me, so I definitely cherish it as my surrogate college experience, for sure.”On Grown-ish, Jackson portrays Aaron Jackson, the passionate, headstrong boyfriend of Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi).
Over the show’s four seasons, Aaron’s penchant for activism and mobilization, as well as his willingness to move on romantic impulse has been pretty polarizing for fans.
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