It's official, Yara Shahidi is a college graduate.The actress, 22,graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts after beginning her studies at the prestigious Ivy League institution in 2017.Haven taken a gap year during her tenure, Shahidifinished her four-year undergraduate degree studies, all while juggling her busy career in Hollywood, which included starring in the hit ABC sitcoms Black-ish and the spinoff Grown-ish.
Family pride: Yara Shahidii, 22, graduated from Harvard University and her parent's marked the milestone occasion by sharing both their love and pride in her achievement on Instagram; her father, Afshin Shahidi, called the graduation a 'beautifully surreal moment'In an interview with Vogue, Shahidi revealed that she focused her studies within the Social Studies & African American departments, with an emphasis on 'Black political thought under a neocolonial landscape.'Before accepting her diploma, the Minnesota native completed a 136-page thesis paper, titled 'I Am a Man: The Emancipation of Humanness from Western Hegemony Through the Lens of Sylvia Wynter, whichexplores the work of the Jamaican writer. 'It's surreal to have finally hit this major milestone,' Shahidi told the publication, before confessing that her college graduation is a life-long goal, realized.'I've known I wanted to go to college since I was four.
By 17, I knew exactly what I wanted to study, so to see that come to fruition is a goal fulfilled.' Family Pride: Yara's mother, Keri Shahidi, serenaded the new college graduate as she was decked out in her traditional cap and gown Milestone: Mother and daughter snuggled up for a photo on the Harvard University campus Life-long goal realized: 'I've known I wanted to go to.
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