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Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck didn’t realize her name was unique until she entered a new school in fourth grade. The other children pointed and stared while teachers whispered to each other, “This is the girl I was telling you about” and asked Vandyck, “Why would name you that?” “I didn’t feel accepted, like I had a ... bullseye on my back,” says Vandyck. Already a quiet introvert and gifted student, she adds, “I folded into myself.” It wasn't just kids, either.
” Unique names can be more of a risk. Why Marijuana Pepsi? Vandyck, whose sisters are Kymberlia and Robyn, says she “worked up the courage” as a child to ask her mom for the story behind her name. Mom Maggie said the name “Marijuana Pepsi” would take her daughter “around the world.” “My mom — who is the real story here — was a free spirit who pushed against the status quo and society’s expectations for women,” says Vandyck.
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