'I was allowed to be myself!' Mindy Kaling has a bowl haircut and thick spectacles in flashback snap as she promotes girls' education
Mindy Kaling is grateful for her childhood.
The writer and actor shared a sweet flashback photo of herself as a little girl to show her support for girls' education on Sunday.
The adorable Instagram photo shows a young Mindy wearing thick glasses, a bowl haircut and showing off her puppet pal as she smiles for the camera.
Future writer: The actress shared an adorable flashback photo in support of girls' education on Sunday
The Mindy Project star wears a cute sweater with a trio of hearts on it, and a quilted vest with snazzy snap buttons for a classic 80s look.
'I was all smiles because I got to go to school and be myself,' she captioned the picture.
'#62MillionGirls don't have that chance. Let's end that.'
Mindy, 36, was showing her support for First Lady Michelle Obama's new 62Milliongirls campaign, which promotes girls' education around the world.
Boss: The Mindy Project creator and star attends the premiere of the show's fourth season in West Hollywood on September 12
Mrs Obama launched the campaign at the Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park on Sunday, asking supporters to share what they had learned in school.
The name refers to the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school.
Scandal star Kerry Washington, who also attended the Global Citizen Festival, was also quick to show her support for the worthy cause with an adorable flashback photo she shared on Twitter on Sunday.
Too cute: Scandal star Kerry Washington also shared a flashback photo as part of the #62Milliongirls campaign
Good cause: Actress Kerry Washington attended the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in New York on Saturday
'In school I learned to apply cultural & historical context,' Kerry captioned the cute photo she shared on Instagram.
'#62milliongirls don't have that chance.'
A young Kerry smiles and and wears her hair in two cute pigtails tied up with pink-and-purple yarn in the sweet flashback photo.
Appropriate gift: Season four of Kaling's show The Mindy Project has just launched on Hulu. Above, Mindy with costar Chris Messina and his red glasses
The Mindy Project returned for season four on streaming service Hulu last week, while Scandal kicked off season five on ABC this week.
Kaling's new book of essays Why Not Me? recently hit #1 on the bestseller lists.
The book is a follow-up to her previous bestseller, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
The actress also attended the 2015 Emmy Awards on September 20th, where she presented Jon Stewart with an award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series.
Stunning: Kaling wore a gorgeous yellow gown to present at the 2015 Emmys on September 20
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