University of Port Harcourt: Bread Seller With 3 Kids Bags PhD Degree, Shares Emotional Experience
- A mother of three children celebrated as she bagged a PhD degree from the University of Port Harcourt
- The woman, who sells bread, narrated her academic journey and how she juggled her doctoral programme amid marriage and motherhood
- Her experience triggered reactions on social media, and many who came across the story congratulated the woman on her achievement
A Nigerian woman, Dr Lauritta Ndufeiya-Kumasi, celebrated as she bagged a doctoral degree in medical biochemistry from the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).
The woman narrated her academic journey and how she trained herself in her undergraduate days.
Source: UGC
Bread seller bags PhD from UNIPORT
On her LinkedIn page, Dr Lauritta Ndufeiya-Kumasi shared how she juggled the demands of academics amid marriage and motherhood.
Her LinkedIn post read:
“On Saturday, 6th June 2026, I was honored at Convocation. The regalia felt heavy, heavy with every chapter of my story. For years I kept the 'how' behind this degree private. Today I share it - not for sympathy, but for strategy.
“Today, I am Dr. Lauritta Ndufeiya-Kumasi. PhD, Medical Biochemistry. Wife. Mother of 3. And yes... I still sell bread.
“I grew up in difficult circumstances from childhood. Life taught me early about resilience. But even then, I carried a picture in my mind of the woman I refused not to become.
“As an undergraduate, I trained myself. I sold sachet water, GNLD products, shirts... and bread. I still sell bread today. Not because I have to, but because dignity in work is not a season I outgrew. It is who I am. No shortcuts. No shame. Just hard work and stubborn hope.
“That same discipline carried me through Postgraduate Diploma → MSc →M.Phil → PhD in Medical Biochemistry.
“Along the way, I got married. God blessed our union with 3 children, all born in the course of running my degree programs. So yes, I attended lectures pregnant. I presented research with a nursing baby. I wrote chapters at 2am after bedtime stories.
“I defended my thesis while balancing marriage, motherhood, and my bread business. It was not easy. But I refused to quit on the version of me that chose to dream even when life was hard.
“This degree represents every version of me that refused to give up: the student learning resilience, the girl selling bread at dawn, the researcher typing with one hand. All of her walked across that stage on June 6th.”
Source: UGC
Reactions as bread seller bags PhD
Chioma Blaise Chikere PhD said:
You are a legend. Super proud of you my dear sister and scientist par excellence. You have done so very well. Huge congratulations, distinguished Dr
Kome Otokunefor (PhD Nottingham) said:
We celebrate you Dr. Lauritta
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