“Mixed-ish” Co-Star Trinitee Stokes Makes History By Becoming The Youngest Person To Attend Emerson College”

“Mixed-ish” co-star Trinitee Stokes, at the age fourteen has made history as not only the youngest accepted student/youngest African American, but also the youngest enrolled student in their recorded history. The actress, who recently turned fifteen, is set to attend Emerson College in the fall majoring in Political Communication and minoring in Public Diplomacy. In addition to Emerson, she was also accepted to the private HBCU Tougaloo College and Clark Atlanta University.

The President of Emerson College, Lee Pelton, had this to say about her attendance in the fall: “We are enormously excited to welcome Trinitee to Emerson. She is a remarkably talented young woman in several dimensions, and I have no doubt she will succeed at Emerson.”

In addition to attending Emerson, Trinitee will be continuing her already hugely successful acting career. She is best known for her role on Disney Channel’s live action series “K.C. Undercover” opposite Zendaya. Currently, Trinitee multi-recurs on ABC’s hit series “Mixed-ish.” The show follows a young Rainbow Johnson, (Trace Ellis Ross’ character in “Black-ish,”) as she recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the 80s. On the show, Trinitee plays ‘Tamika,’ Rainbow’s classmate and best friend. Additionally, she was the original host on Disney’s live interactive game show, “Quizney.” Her past TV credits include Netflix’s “Dear White People,” TBS’ “Teachers,” FX’s “Snowfall,” Netflix’s “All About the Washington’s,” as well as a voiceover role on the iconic children’s TV animated series, “Dr. McStuffins.”

Trinitee is also an international speaker/social activist for positive body image amongst teen girls!  Her message about embracing individuality, positivity and self-care helped land her first book deal with Zondervan Publishing (Harper Collins) and her award-winning book, Bold & Blessed: How to Stay True to Yourself and Stand Out from the Crowd was released in 2018. Angela Bassett penned the foreword.

Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, she currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Trinitee is the Global Ambassador for “Read Across Africa” where she promotes literacy and raises funds to ensure that Kenyan kids have access to books.

About Emerson College:

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The College has 3,700 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups. The School of Communication and the School of the Arts programs annually rank competitively by industry sources and emphasize balancing rigorous academics and real-world learning experiences. Emerson’s Visual and Media Arts department, the largest in the College, continues to rank highly among The Hollywood Reporter and Variety film schools’ annual reports. Student learning is rooted in a liberal arts context. The newly renamed Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, strengthened in 2020 after completing an alliance with Marlboro College, emphasizes learning that Individualized, Interdisciplinary, Inquiry-based, and Integrative in approach with respect to the different liberal arts disciplines offered and their connectivity to the arts and communication strengths of the College. Emerson is known for its experiential learning programs in Los Angeles, Washington, DC, the Netherlands, London, China, and the Czech Republic as well as its new Global Portals. The College has an active network of 51,000 alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts. For more information, visit emerson.edu.