Yara Shadidi can add another title to her bio: actress, producer, activist, TED Talk speaker. The Grown-ish star's talk, named "Let Curiosity Lead," was uploaded to TED's website and YouTube recently, several months after she gave the in-person presentation in April 2023. The fully recorded speech gives fans a chance to listen to Shahidi's advice on embracing all of your various interests rather than viewing your curiosity as a "distraction."
In the 11-minute speech, the multi-hyphenate discusses her journey towards embracing varying subjects and career paths, instead of listening to advice to follow just one passion. She references August 2018, when she was beginning her freshman year at Harvard University at the same time Grown-ish was heading into its second season, and explains that both academic advisors and people in entertainment were telling her that "there was no symbiotic relationship between the two worlds."
