17-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY SISTER’S PHD FLEX!

Most bright young things planning to go to university are still busy making applications by the age of 17. But not Dorothy Jean Tillman. This sister has broken new ground in mental-health research to earn herself a doctorate from the University of Arizona! While she’s clearly smarter than the rest of us, her story is an inspiration - particularly for Africans in America, for whom educational institutions have often been a systemic barrier rather than a place of empowerment.