&NewLine;<p>After Disney Channel shows end&comma; many actors try to hold onto their fame and jump onto different projects as soon as possible whether it be singing like Miley Cyrus or acting like Zendaya while<strong> <&sol;strong>others try to carve a more normal path for themselves<strong> by attending higher education&period; Bridgit Mendler is an example of that&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;straphie&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;disney-channel-good-luck-charlie-Teddy-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-7598"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You may remember Mendler as Teddy Duncan from <em>Good Luck&comma; Charlie<&sol;em>&period; After her time on the show&comma; at around 20 years old&comma; <strong>she studied Anthropology at the prestigious University of Southern California&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;media-amazon&period;com&sol;images&sol;M&sol;MV5BMGRlNGViNjctM2YwYS00NzhiLTk0MDAtYmQ0Y2UxYjVlYTVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI4OTg3MTc&commat;&period;&lowbar;V1&lowbar;SY1000&lowbar;CR0&comma;0&comma;1766&comma;1000&lowbar;AL&lowbar;&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Teddy and the Bambino &lpar;2012&rpar;"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After completing her degree&comma; <strong>she went on to Massachusetts Institute of Technology<&sol;strong> <strong>&lpar;no big deal&comma; just ranked &num;1 in the world&rpar; to pursue a PhD<&sol;strong>&period; <strong>It is also where she met her husband&comma; Griffin Cleverly&comma; and they tied the knot in 2019&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;1s&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;21&sol;19&sol;12545998-0-image-a-66&lowbar;1555870688658&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bridgit Mendler announces engagement to 'steadfast companion' Griffin Cleverly &vert; Daily Mail Online"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;pinimg&period;com&sol;originals&sol;69&sol;4d&sol;33&sol;694d33d376ee023127edd2b03af65150&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bridgit Mendler on Instagram&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Still riding the high of the weekend 🎉 Thank you to everyone for the abundan… &vert; Bridgit mendler&comma; Celebrity weddings&comma; Wedding dresses"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you think that&&num;8217&semi;s impressive&comma; the same year&comma;<strong> Mendler announced via Instagram that<&sol;strong> <strong>she got accepted to Harvard Law <&sol;strong>&&num;8211&semi; the same place where Barack and Michelle Obama graduated from&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;justjaredjr&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;headlines&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;bridgit-ig&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bridgit Mendler Is Headed to Harvard Law School&excl; &vert; Bridgit Mendler &vert; Just Jared Jr&period;"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>If you think it is surprising for Mendler to pursue this path&comma; it may lessen the shock for you to know that <strong>her aunt is Christine Blasey Ford&comma; a Professor of Psychology at the Stanford University of Medicine<&sol;strong> &lpar;and also in the spotlight for claiming a sexual assault case against Brett Kavanaugh&rpar;&comma; so <strong>perhaps high academic achievements have always been woven in her genes&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;92 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;10px 0 10px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;i&sol;newpix&sol;2018&sol;09&sol;20&sol;23&sol;507A485600000578-0-image-a-48&lowbar;1537483290115&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Christine Ford's family including Disney star niece write public letter of support &vert; Daily Mail Online"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Given that no previous big Disney Channel stars has ever attended an Ivey League&comma; much less two for their PhDs and Masters&comma; it is safe to say&comma; that<strong> Bridgit Mendler is dubbed the smartest actor to ever come out of the Mickey Mouse Machine&period;<&sol;strong> We love a genius Disney star&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;67g5BjGkLdQ&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Disney Channel Logo - Bridgit Mendler &lpar;5 DIFFERENT COLORS&rpar; - YouTube"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>For more celebrity news&comma; fashion tips&comma; and lifestyle advice&comma; check out our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;straphie&period;com">website<&sol;a>&excl;<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine; &NewLine; <&excl;-- start&colon; &period;epcl-banner --> &NewLine; <div class&equals;"epcl-banner textcenter mobile-grid-100 epcl-banner-single&lowbar;paragraph " style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 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