Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, 46 has spent her whole life listening to the taunts passed by the people around her for the name that was given by her mother.
She was not ready to change the name in the bid and want to prove the world that overcoming the roadblocks is possible.
She is a mother of a child and is soon going to hold a doctorate in higher education leadership that she is pursuing in Wisconsin.
This woman has been bullied and criticized for her name despite many suggested her to change the name.
She was not ready to change, but wants to fight against all the odds by doing something unique in her life and gain an identity.
Now, she is soon going to earn a doctorate from Cardinal Stritch University that is in Wisconsin in the last month.
When she was talking to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, her mother named Maggie Johnson, has named her as Marijuana Pepsi believing that her daughter would make her proud and take her across the globe.
She also has two sisters whose names are Robin and Kimbery.
Though, people are criticizing her mother for giving this name, but she has high regards for her mother for making her a strong woman that she is today.
She has faced many issues with the name, but she never broke down by the taunts received from the critics. However, she left her home at the age of 15 due to family issues and has completed her graduation and went to college to earn Masters Degree.
She is now pursuing her doctorate and soon going to add Dr before her name.
She is proud to say that she would be called as Dr. Marijuana Pepsi soon. Many people make a big issue out of it, but I do not care all these.
She has picked out the same topic on which she has faced many issues as her dissertation topic. This is named as ‘Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions’.
When she interviewed the students, she got to learn that they have also faced the same experiences. She was quizzed on her name by the educators. She works as a full-time employee in Beloit College, who is a liberal arts college in Wisconsin.
Though, her name is Marijuana Pepsi, but she never ingested Marijuana nor consumed Pepsi.
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