Lady Named Marijuana Pepsi Overcame Bullies To Earn PhD

A lady, born Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, is acing her targets whatever the disposition her distinctive title might have put her in.

The 46-year-old reportedly graduated with a PhD in larger schooling management from Cardinal Stritch College in Wisconsin final month, defying all odds and push backs in opposition to her.

In accordance with Vandyck, she refused to vary her title to show to herself and others that she will be able to accomplish something regardless of the circumstances.

Throughout an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Vandyck mentioned her mom Maggie Johnson picked out her title when she was born and claimed it could take her around the globe. She additionally revealed she has two sisters named Kimberly and Robin.

Whereas many might consider her mother was imply for giving her daughter such a particular title, Vandyck truly credit her mom for serving to her turn into a robust lady. “I’ve grown into my title as a result of I’m a robust lady. I’ve needed to be,” she mentioned.

Rising up, Vandyck says her title didn’t make it straightforward to get by way of grade college. “Individuals make such a giant deal out of it, I could not get away from it,” she advised the newspaper.

Being bullied for her particular title wasn’t the one problem Vandyck confronted as an adolescent. She reportedly left an unstable house when she was 15, graduated highschool and went on to earn her undergraduate and grasp’s diploma. Early on, her largest academic purpose was to earn her doctorate.

Vandyck at the moment works full-time at Beloit School, a liberal arts school in Wisconsin, and says regardless of her title she’s truly by no means smoked marijuana and does not drink Pepsi.

Vandyck has by no means met anybody else along with her first title, however says she’d wish to. She’s additionally an advocate for overturning non-violent drug offenses for these convicted.

“My important concern are the people serving time for marijuana-related offenses,” she mentioned in a Journal Sentinel article from 2009. “I want to see all their sentences overturned. These individuals had been locked up for being profitable from the sale of marijuana, and now that the federal government has discovered methods to make the cash themselves, it’s ‘authorized’ and, additional, inspired.”