Welcome to Unstyled. I'm your host, Christine Barbric, co-founder and global editor-in-chief of Refinery 29.

Each week, I invite a notable person to come in and talk with us as we explore the funny, inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love, as told through the things that we wear.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to a very special bonus episode of Unstyled.

Season three won't debut until this coming fall.

However, we hope this will be one of a handful of extra episodes leading up until then.

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At just 17, Yara Shihidi has managed to cross more things off her bucket list than most of us probably will in a lifetime.

She's charmed us on the hit television show Blackish,

interviewed then Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton,

was named a 30 under 30 by Forbes,

and most recently secured her own spin-off, Grownish,

a refreshingly original sitcom that tackles real life new to college issues,

like how to handle an are you uptext,

plus lighter teachable moments like navigating adult deadlines and maintaining your hair

without the hands of your lifelong stylist.

Think Flea Bag for Generation Z.

But she isn't stopping there.

While she's on the edge of voting age, she turns 18 this month.

Yara's voice reaches far and wide.

With millions of followers tuning in to her every call to action, she's become a role

model for an age group on a constant quest for change.

And offline, she's joined the 18 by 18 initiative, a civic engagement platform

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