Shahidi, who turns 19 next month, is balancing her political activism with her acting career. She is starring in the second season of \"Grown-ish\" as Zoey Johnson, who is entering her sophomore year of college.
Shahidi, who was accepted at Harvard in 2017, said she uses Zoey as an example in her own life of \"what not to do\" in college.
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\"It's really useful,\" she said with a laugh. \"When I tell you, I give great college advice to my friends because I'm like, ‘Oh, we just did this last episode.’ And it's so nice because she gets into so much trouble that I have like advice for like every situation possible.\"
Season two of \"Grown-ish\" premieres Wednesday, Jan. 2, on Freeform at 8 p.m. ET.
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