A former Wisconsin woman named Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck has earned a doctorate degree, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. She received a PhD in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee after handing in her final dissertation on “Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions.”
The New York Post reports Vandyck, 46, was legally named Marijuana Pepsi by her mother and dealt with a lifetime of being teased about it. She refused to be shamed for her name, rejecting “Mary” as a nickname, though she did use the initials “MP” while working as a real estate agent to prevent weed fans from stealing her signs.
“People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn’t get away from it,” she told the Journal-Sentinel.
According to the newspaper, Vandyck works full time at Beloit College, an hour outside of Milwaukee, and says she’s never smoked pot and doesn’t drink soda. She vowed not to let the name stop her from achieving her goals, telling the Sentinel-Journal ten years ago that she was going to get her doctorate after receiving a master’s in higher education administration.
Wisconsin woman named Marijuana Pepsi becomes a doctor
Good to see that she overcame the hurdle that her ratchet parents labeled her with since birth-
The New York Post reports Vandyck, 46, was legally named Marijuana Pepsi by her mother and dealt with a lifetime of being teased about it. She refused to be shamed for her name, rejecting “Mary” as a nickname, though she did use the initials “MP” while working as a real estate agent to prevent weed fans from stealing her signs.
“People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn’t get away from it,” she told the Journal-Sentinel.
According to the newspaper, Vandyck works full time at Beloit College, an hour outside of Milwaukee, and says she’s never smoked pot and doesn’t drink soda. She vowed not to let the name stop her from achieving her goals, telling the Sentinel-Journal ten years ago that she was going to get her doctorate after receiving a master’s in higher education administration.
Wisconsin woman named Marijuana Pepsi becomes a doctor
Good to see that she overcame the hurdle that her ratchet parents labeled her with since birth-