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Her name is Marijuana Pepsi, and she just got her doctorate
journal sentinel
Jim Stingl 1 day ago
Marijuana Vandyck wearing a blue hat
The incoming college freshman vowed that she would go on to a master's degree and then a doctorate.
"I'm going to be called Dr. Marijuana Pepsi!" she declared.
Well, she did all that, despite and maybe because of the druggie sugary name she was given at birth 46 years ago and has embraced proudly ever since.
I first wrote about this remarkable woman 10 years ago after she earned her master's in higher education administration and was teaching in Beloit where she grew up. The article went viral and Marijuana still has strangers saying to her, "I've heard of you!"
Last month, after eight years of studying and commuting, she scored a Ph.D. in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in the Milwaukee area. So it seemed like a good time to catch up with Dr. Marijuana, which she admits sounds a bit like a weed dispensary.
Her last name, originally Jackson and later Sawyer, is now Vandyck. She married Fredrick Vandyck in 2017 and they live on a 3-acre hobby farm with pigs and chickens and such in Pecatonica, Illinois, near Rockford.
Fredrick, whom she met through online dating, owns a welding business. Marijuana has a son, 16-year-old Isaac, who is smart and tall like his mom and likes basketball. Fredrick has three children — TJ, Heaven and Donovan. Heaven has a baby, Egypt, which makes Marijuana a grandmother.
While much of the country has been busy legalizing lower-case marijuana, the woman born into the name has built a successful life. She works full time at Beloit College as director of the program that serves students who are first generation enrollees, come from low-income families or have learning or physical disabilities.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/her-name-is-marijuana-pepsi-and-she-just-got-her-doctorate/ar-AAD4mta?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U452DHP
Jim Stingl 1 day ago
Marijuana Vandyck wearing a blue hat
The incoming college freshman vowed that she would go on to a master's degree and then a doctorate.
"I'm going to be called Dr. Marijuana Pepsi!" she declared.
Well, she did all that, despite and maybe because of the druggie sugary name she was given at birth 46 years ago and has embraced proudly ever since.
I first wrote about this remarkable woman 10 years ago after she earned her master's in higher education administration and was teaching in Beloit where she grew up. The article went viral and Marijuana still has strangers saying to her, "I've heard of you!"
Last month, after eight years of studying and commuting, she scored a Ph.D. in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in the Milwaukee area. So it seemed like a good time to catch up with Dr. Marijuana, which she admits sounds a bit like a weed dispensary.
Her last name, originally Jackson and later Sawyer, is now Vandyck. She married Fredrick Vandyck in 2017 and they live on a 3-acre hobby farm with pigs and chickens and such in Pecatonica, Illinois, near Rockford.
Fredrick, whom she met through online dating, owns a welding business. Marijuana has a son, 16-year-old Isaac, who is smart and tall like his mom and likes basketball. Fredrick has three children — TJ, Heaven and Donovan. Heaven has a baby, Egypt, which makes Marijuana a grandmother.
While much of the country has been busy legalizing lower-case marijuana, the woman born into the name has built a successful life. She works full time at Beloit College as director of the program that serves students who are first generation enrollees, come from low-income families or have learning or physical disabilities.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/her-name-is-marijuana-pepsi-and-she-just-got-her-doctorate/ar-AAD4mta?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U452DHP
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