Teenager earns doctoral degree!

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Dorothy Jean Tillman II she was  is 17 but she is spectacular because she has bagged a doctorate degree.

ABC News reports that she was only 10n when she became a freshman at the college of Lake County. In 2020, she earned her Master of Science from Unity College. 

At age 15, she was accepted into the Doctor of Behavioral Health Management Program at Arizona State University.That was in 2021.

Dr Tillman said, People in my life like my grandmother, who was part of the Civil Rights Movement, she of course harped on the importance of education and consistently learning something always.”

According to her, while growing up, she had always felt drawn towards psychology and related fields.

In December 2023, she successfully defended her dissertation to earn earn her doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from ASU’s College of Health Solutions,

On May 6, she walked at ASU’s commencement  ceremonies/

An advocate for education, Tillman is  also the founder and CEO of the Dorothyjeanius TEAM Leadership Institute. She runs programs like summer camps to help kids find balance between arts and STEM subjects.   

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