The Hidden Power of a Bilingual Brain | Ariana Rahman | TEDxSouth Delaware Street Youth
What if the greatest tools for solving complex problems weren’t found in labs or textbooks, but in the words we speak every day? Growing up bilingual, I learned that language is more than communication. It’s a way of seeing the world. Translating for my grandmother as a child, I discovered that every word carries shades of meaning, and that waiting in the space of uncertainty often reveals deeper truths. This practice of patience and perspective would later shape how I approach science and research. Studies confirm what many bilinguals experience firsthand: switching between languages rewires the brain. It builds cognitive flexibility, sharpens critical thinking, and even reduces decision-making biases. Beyond cognition, bilingualism strengthens empathy by training us to navigate multiple cultural frameworks, helping us understand others with nuance and compassion. But this ability is fragile. Every two weeks, a language disappears, and with it vanishes a unique blueprint for problem-solving, healing, and human connection. In this talk, I share how embracing and preserving languages can spark creativity, fuel diplomacy, and even safeguard knowledge vital for our future. The courage to learn, preserve, and speak each other’s languages may just be the key to uniting us all. Ariana Rahman is an undergraduate student at Arizona State University, where she studies Biomedical Sciences and Bioinformatics as a Flinn Scholar. She is passionate about bridging medicine, research, and advocacy, with a focus on refugee health and cancer immunology. Ariana has conducted research at Stanford’s AI in Medicine Lab and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presented at national conferences, and currently works for Pfizer. She also serves on the National Youth Council at Project Unloaded and leads health equity initiatives through UNICEF USA and the Refugee Education and Clinic Team at ASU. As a bilingual researcher and science educator, Ariana believes that language is not just a tool for communication but a framework for discovery. Her long-term goal is to become a physician-scientist working at the intersection of public health and education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Receive SMS online on sms24.meTubeReader video aggregator is a website that collects and organizes online videos from the YouTube source. Video aggregation is done for different purposes, and TubeReader take different approaches to achieve their purpose.
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