Aja Naomi King- How She Builds Strength And Inspires Others
Shape Malaysia|January - February 2019

She’s worked hard to build her own strength. Now this actor is helping other women and girls do the same.

Pam O'Brien
Aja Naomi King- How She Builds Strength And Inspires Others

Aja Naomi King likes to push herself. Today, for instance, she spent three hours biking up a mountain. “It was straight uphill; there were bugs flying in my eyes; it was intense,” says the actor, 33, who stars on the show How to Get Away With Murder. “But I did it. Being able to accomplish something that you thought you couldn’t do is the best feeling.”

Aja channels that same drive into the advocacy work she does. “Activism has become so important to me,” she says. “It’s about using your voice and actions to help effect change.” For Aja, that means being on the artistic advisory board of Opening Act, a nonprofit in Brooklyn, New York, that helps underserved kids build confidence and creativity through performance and writing, and working with the Center for Reproductive Rights, an organization that advocates for women around the world.

This story is from the January - February 2019 edition of Shape Malaysia.

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