The One Snack Yara Shahidi Can Eat Almost Every Day

Whether you were introduced to her in the early 2000s through her role in Imagine That alongside Eddie Murphy or caught her on your small screen in Black-ish and its subsequent college-aged spin-off Grown-ish, Yara Shahidi has had no issue capturing the hearts of viewers of all ages.

While the now 23-year-old has been dominating our screens for more than a decade, the Peter Pan & Wendy star has become well-known for sharing her journey through high school and — much like her Grown-ish character Zoey Johnson — her time in college. Now a Harvard graduate, the actress is showing high school students all over the nation that while college isn't the easiest feat, having the right support can make it a bit easier.

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Joining forces with Extra gum for the Extra Hours hotline program — which is a free online tutoring platform for high school students to access homework during late-night hours — Shahidi is helping students find their focus by receiving assistance from Princeton Review tutors until 12 a.m. local time on Tuesday, September 26. And while Shahidi's rigorous schedule required her to have a village that fully supported her through every moment, she understands that not every student, whether in high school or college, will have that same opportunity.

"I've shared so much of my high school journey — and even the importance of my education and going to college — and that required a lot of support," Shahidi told Parade when asked why this collaboration was important to her. "And that required, you know, to be able to do the rigorous work that was kind of demanded of us as students, really going above and beyond, and a huge time investment. So, for so many people, and for so many students, that support isn't easily accessible."

The hotline wasn't all the support that the Sitting in Bars with Cake actress delivered to both students and fans though; she also let us in on a few of her favorite snacks that keep her going in her busiest moments. And that definitely included those late night study sessions at Harvard.

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"Especially when I'm doing homework, I am a snacker. I was the kid that abided by the general thought that if you chew gum while you're trying to memorize something and then you chew the same flavor of gum when it's time to recall it, it helps with recall," Shahidi said to Parade. "In terms of other snacks — I'm not sure how other people set up their space — I'll be at our kitchen table [and have] apples, peanut butter, chocolate chips. It's my favorite study snack."

Noting that it's "such a pain to clean the peanut butter out of the bowl afterwards," Shahidi revealed that while it is a healthier snack option for an all-day study sesh, she's not properly conveying the large amount of chocolate chips in the bowl.

Another snack that she enjoyed frequently? A mixture of trail mix, chocolate chips, white cheddar popcorn and cranberries. "Yeah, I don't know how I got there, but that was a fave, too" she said. Unfortunately though, it's no longer on her list of things to eat as she's now lactose intolerant. Seaweed, however, is a totally different story.

"I have a list of foods that I call my "higher self list." These are the items that I know my higher self — the better version of me — would eat," she said. "What made it to the study snacks in particular was seaweed. I was not a seaweed person at all. But my senior year of college, I had so much seaweed, and it ended up becoming one of my favorite study snacks. It's so portable, and nice and salty."

While the Extra Hours hotline program is set to end its run on Tuesday, September 26 at midnight, students looking to get their study snacks lined up properly like Yara, can always head to Costco to stock up on exclusive fan-favorite items that the entire study group will be raving about.

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