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Allegra Campbell
Allegra is an advocate for legalization of cannabis and encouraging further education about the plant, combining politics into the cannabis space to address the larger issues affecting the cannabis industry. Allegra holds two certificates in cannabis education, Cannabis Sommelier Level 1 + Cannabis Consulting Level 1. Allegra is continuing her advocacy through work on various political campaigns on the House and Senate level.
Amber Dorsey
Amber is a writer, content creator and flat lay specialist, mom of two, plant lady extraordinaire and cannabis enthusiast. Cannabis has greatly helped with anxiety and depression. AIt is her mission to destigmatize the concept of "mama needs a joint" and make it as acceptable as "mama needs a drink." After all, 4:20 is the new wine thirty. Amber incorporates CBD into her daily wellness routine to manage her anxiety while remaining productive.
Amy Chin
Amy is the founder of Calm Better Days to help others understand CBD's benefits. She found great relief for anxiety and postpartum depression with CBD and was able to be more patient, present, and mindful through life’s twists and turns. Calm Better Days educates clients on what CBD is, how to properly dose and consume, as well as provides custom CBD regimens based on needs and lifestyle.
Andrea Smith-Meecham
Andrea is a passionate champion against misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and privilege. She started using cannabis at the age of 12, and learned how the plant could help relieve her anxiety, depression, and gender dysphoria through education and working in the industry. When she came out as a trans woman, she dove into the legal market, not only to help others but also to help bridge the gap between the LGBTQ+ community and cannabis.
Antuanette Gomez
Antuanette is the Founder and CEO of Pleasure Peaks, the leading Canadian cannabis brand for improving women’s sexual health. She is also a full-time cannabis consultant and a proud public speaker on cannabis and its cross-section with sexual, women, and minority issues.
Ash Pavesio
Ash is a queer, Latinx mama who is passionate about plant medicine. She’s an open book, so reach out and start a dialogue if you want to hear more about how she got here! A believer in the power of community and representation, she is excited to continue centering honest conversations around trauma, healing, change, and identity. There is work to be done, and we can do it together!
Ashley Kindelan
Ashley is a photographer and self-proclaimed creative chimera. Her first experience with cannabis was as a child whose mother consumed cannabis for severe depression & panic attacks. Ashley now uses cannabis, mostly CBD, to calm her anxiety & busy mind. She appreciates how cannabis helps her to gain clarity when overwhelmed by ideas & projects, comfort & calm during a workout, and focus while doing photography & other work.
Betsy Kabaker
Kabaker has been a cannabis entrepreneur since 2015, focusing on marketing and branding for California’s most sought after brands and retailers. After years of research and experience in the industry, she is relaunching her edibles business, KABAKED, which offers a cannabis-infused cake mix, custom infused desserts, baking classes, as well as the KABAKED KOOKBOOK.
Breanna Jernagin
After researching the science behind why certain strains or even ingestion methods felt better in some situations as opposed to others, Bre is now dedicated to mindfully educating those who might find cannabis intimidating. She aims to be a voice for those who are canna-curious and want to explore their wellness options while having a great time.
Camille Brathwaite
Camille is passionate about art, culture, wellness, and travel. As a fierce CBD and medicinal cannabis advocate, she uses the plant to ease the debilitating effects of migraine headaches. She infuses organic CBD into all areas of her daily lifestyle through yoga, healthy food and self-care and is building a team of like-minded advocates. Camille also designs social media content and runs her own art studio.
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson started her career in publicity, but transitioned to a career in cannabis, modeling and acting. She is the floor manager and brand ambassador for top brands at popular LA dispensary, The Pottery. Caroline aspires to bridge the gap between her two passions by being a relatable figure who is de-stigmatizing the plant.
Carolyn Chu
Carolyn Chu founded Papers + Ink Studio and Phoenix Ishii to celebrate creativity, inclusivity through design, and community. She noticed that there weren't any high-quality, well-designed, and consciously produced rolling papers that celebrate uniqueness. So, she created her own line of rolling papers and accessories for people who like to have fun, are aesthetically inclined and seek luxurious experiences without forgoing function.
Cheyenne Chandler
Cheyenne is an enthusiastic artist and entrepreneur, studying agricultural science, who loves cannabis! She values the connection and community that cannabis provides. When she's not working at a dispensary, assenting patients on their medical marijuana journey or advocating for cannabis use, she explores other forms of wellness or tends to her 200+ house plants. Cheyenne believes life is about finding your balance and enjoying the sunshine.
Cindy Tran
Cindy's journey into the cannabis industry stemmed from challenges with her health and mental well-being. Cindy now empowers others to seek the same for themselves in an industry that has been stigmatized for years. She founded the community Mary Jane Brunch and CanWeeDine Productions to lead the creative strategies for cannabis media and storytelling.
Clare Michalik
Clare is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, writer, and digital content creator. She is the founder of Clareminded, a growing YouTube channel, and OJAS Digital Magazine, helping others learn and implement practical Ayurvedic teachings. Clare is passionate about community and raising the collective vibration through her work with individual clients, joint gatherings, and collaborative projects. She lives as a digital nomad, seeking adventure and soul connections wherever she can.
Dana Sullivan
While cannabis is illegal in Charleston, Dana has found CBD to help her sleep and cure her anxiety. CBD has changed her daily life in such a strong way! She hopes the stigma surrounding cannabis can be stripped and people become more knowledgeable of the very effective benefits of it.
Darlene Tran
Darlene bridges cannabis, other medicinal herbs, and food for her own health and enjoyment. Cannabis was crucial in relieving symptoms of postpartum depression along with the anxiety that comes with having a child with health concerns. Food as medicine became a priority for the family; and though there have been challenges along the way, it has been an enlightening journey to create tasty meals that her son can enjoy.
Deon Hawkins
Driven by pure grit, Deon is a self-made cannabis connoisseur that is keeping us relevantly tapped into developing cannabis products. Wearing multiple hats, Deon nourishes brand relationships and has developed partnerships that blossomed into successful and educational events and visual content. She is a cannabis commentator, content creator, and well-versed consumer.
Deupree Yauncey
Deupree is a government relations associate and medical cannabis consultant in Atlanta, Georgia. Her goal is to educate government officials and consumers on the benefits of cannabis as a medical and holistic resource. As a medical cannabis advocate, Deupree works with state representatives, policy advisors and community leaders and is working on presenting a resolution to The United States Congress supporting cannabis banking legislation.
Edolia Stroud
Edolia is a creative director and photographer from Brooklyn. Working with both photography and collage, her work explores themes of female identity. While at art school as an undergrad, Edolia experienced separation anxiety and depression which resulted in a lot of sleepless nights. Since then, cannabis has helped her get the rest she needs as well as feel less anxious about being away from her family for long periods of time.
Eliza Gellman
Hailing from the Queen City in Charlotte, NC, and currently based in Charleston SC, Eliza is a Nutrition Specialist and Fitness Trainer. Eliza enjoys a fast-paced lifestyle with friends, career, a thriving podcast and is passionate about continue building the high vibrational life she strives for!
Elizabeth Gray
Elizabeth Gray believes anything is possible and wants to spotlight the legal cannabis realm by creating Visual Magic! She founded @bud_betty (BB), which is a creative lifestyle platform focused on the Canadian cannabis industry. Through collaborations, connections, learning, empowerment and events, BB elevates the female cannabis experience.
Elle Pierre
Elle Pierre is a content creator, with a background in wellness, beauty and music, who has worked with brands such as Tata Harper, African Botanics, Ethel’s Club and Laundry Day. Elle is committed to living the fullest life and does so by dancing, laughing, practicing yoga, pulling tarot cards, eating well, trying new things, traveling, learning, reading, loving on those around her, and mothering an incredibly gifted and energetic boy.
Emily Carpenter
Emily is a graphic designer and co-founder of @panafrocanna, a creative collective that focuses on positive representation of black folks in cannabis through content, education, and collaboration. She considers herself a productive stoner, but also uses cannabis as medicine. Emily prioritizes cannabis education and allows people to make their own choices about their bodies and lifestyles.
Emily Wills
With a background in tattooing and painting, Emily Wills is a self-taught graphic designer, illustrator, and astrologer living in the DC metro area. As a freelancer, she relies on her intuitive sense to flow with a sustainable creative process, all of which are supported by a healthy healing relationship with cannabis.
Erica Foulkes
After experiencing debilitating sexual assault trauma, cannabis has been a tool to relieve chronic pain and persistent panic attacks, and has strengthened her resilience and grounding in life. She encourages intentional use of cannabis for wellness and healing, especially for those struggling with trauma. Erica values the HIVI community, which uplifts and advocates for a new era that normalizes informed cannabis use and confronts cannabis criminalization injustice.
Fatima Farmer
Fatima Farmer is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation & Breathwork Facilitator, Clarity Coach, Non-Profit Founder, and podcast host. Her non-profit, Soul Beauty Outreach, is on a mission to heal, humanize, and house homeless women through mental health resources and meditation workshops.
Faye Wellman
Faye is a curve model, vocalist, songwriter, brand + content consultant, body positivity advocate, and wellness enthusiast. She thrives in the unconventional and is a passionate cannabis advocate. She's worked in the music industry, consumer tech, as well as California’s top sustainable cannabis brand, Flow Kana. Faye's mission is to help re-position and normalize cannabis, highlighting it as a profound wellness source.
Frances Fu
Frances is an intuitive guide who assists other beings in their healing, inner work, and ascension journey. While getting her Masters in Public Health, her research focused on looking at the transmission pathways of intergenerational trauma in refugee communities. For her, cannabis use has evolved from college kickbacks to now a virtual spiritual healing-centered space for conscious people, centering BIPOC healing.
Geraldine Mae Cueva
Geraldine Mae Cueva aka Gigi is a Merchant turned Marketer in the industry. After more than a decade working in fashion, she shifted her passion for product to her love of plants. Her consulting platform, Art & Times of Chill, builds communities & connects brands for conscious commerce. She is the Co-Creator of the online smoke break and community platform, Sesh-Ins and the Host of the podcast, Amplify Your Chill, where she explores all the ways we #makechill.
Hannah Nakawatase
Hannah Nakawatase is the Founder and CEO of CUCCI, a women’s empowerment group that curates elevated wellness workshops and events for those interested in exploring their cannabis experience. Hannah prioritizes highlighting WOC as much as possible, as she recognizes the disproportionate representation, accessibility and generational harm the criminalization of cannabis has caused in marginalized communities.
Isabella Zacarias
Isabella is 22 years old and is in no rush to figure everything out. She has been been a loyal cannabis user for the past 5 years. She believes the stigma has been around for too long and it’s time we show the world cannabis consumers can be goal-oriented, motivated and inspiring while using plant medicine at the same time. Let's change the world! Please register to vote. ?
Jakki Hernandez
Jakki has been in the cannabis industry for 15 years. Jakki uses the phrase “cannabis is medicine" and the plant helps her with different chronic pain conditions, including Neurofibromatosis and Complex Regional Pain disorder. Cannabis is not only a way of life for Jakki, but is also a plant she passionately speaks about.
Jennifer McCown
Hailing from Oregon and NorCal, Jen discovered cannabis for its healing powers in her early adult life. The interest and passion for the plant was ignited by her mother's illness, who was also a recovering addict. Since then she's been an advocate and student, learning how cannabis is tied to our physical and mental health. Now, as a new mother she is navigating how it can also be an aid or tool for parents: especially those battling mental illness.
Jessica Buck
Jessica is a copywriter and aspiring novelist who enjoys eating, sleeping and indulging in cannabis. You can find her at a cafe, bookstore or park on a nice day. She plans to prioritize unplugging in 2020 to finish her book and consciously tap into the inner healing necessary for growth, with cannabis as a medicinal helper.
Jjanga Hwang
As a mother of two kiddos, three dogs, and a business owner/model Jjanga is ALWAYS busy. She definitely uses cannabis/CBD/CBG to help relax like a glass of wine at the end of the day. Jjanga loves dancing and painting on her free time and her obsession for fashion runs deep!
Jordan Massa
A mother, wife, and cannabis educator, Jordan believes in the healing power of cannabis and is dedicated to demystifying the myths. Cannabis relieves her endometriosis pain, as well as the struggles and anxieties many modern women face. A market researcher by day, she marries her professional & personal passions by working with brands to amplify the contemporary cannabis consumer's voice!
Josse Gee
Josse is gender non-conforming (she/he/they) + Chinese/Jewish American who grew up immersed in cannabis culture. Josse is a content creator, the Shipping + Fulfillment Coordinator at Intersectional Environmentalist, and also works with Climate Action LAb and Potli. Josse is disabled and uses cannabis to manage the symptoms associated with endometriosis, central pain syndrome, and other conditions. Cannabis has also contributed to improving Josse's mental health and spiritual journey.
Joy Victoria Clarke
Joy Victoria Clarke fused her 10-year experience in experiential marketing and media with her passion for cannabis with Mahogany Mary Experiences. She is passionate about helping others and believes cannabis can heal. Joy is also dedicated to inclusivity in the legal marijuana market and supports organizations that provide resources to those marginalized by the war on drugs.
Kay Rosario
Kay “K. Clouds” Rosario, is an East Coast Creative who strives for media/digital representation of Black and Brown voices. With the help of cannabis, movement/dance, mental wellness and her 7+ years of PR experience, K. Clouds aims to break stigmas while repainting the average consumer image.
Keislia Spencer
Keislia is a yoga teacher, energy healer, and Founder/CEO of SunKeis'd Wellness, a space for women to rise into their power, trust their intuition + infuse holistic wellness into their everyday life. A first-generation Jamaican-American, she's passionate about normalizing the use of cannabis as a method for pain relief, healing & spiritual growth.
Kelsey
Kelsey’s Growing is a cannabis content creator, advocate & educator! She spends her days working at Oregrown’s Portland dispensary selling customers cannabis through personalized discussions & experiences. Her goals include traveling the world to learn about herb(s) and cultivating cannabis alongside her partner, Ace.
Keyara Broom
Keyara is a Black, Queer, 20-year-old something who showcases what it means to live an authentic & beautiful life through Vlog-like content! Keyara inspires others to be authentically themselves! Whether that’s through sustainability, style & fashion, veganism & spirituality, advocation for intersectional movement, or all of the above!!! Vegan and Adorable is what Keyara is!
Kimee Brown
Kimee is the co-founder + creative director of PinkStone, a high-end social club specializing in connecting women + cannabis. Kimee started using cannabis back in grade school and now it's key to her self-care. Smoking is a ritual that allows Kimee to quiet her overactive mind and create dope cannabis content, which breaks stereotypes surrounding WOC cannabis consumers.
Lacey Hines
Lacey uses cannabis to heal and have the confidence and strength to be her best self. With over three years of experience as a budtender, brand ambassador, and content creator, Lacey uses her creativity and voice to fight injustices faced by WOC in the industry, such as difficult corporations, being overlooked, and constant backlash for sharing her perspective.
Laura OG
Laura OG is a cannabis cultivator, educator, and consultant dedicated to teaching women conscious cannabis consumption and self-care practices. She advocates for cannabis equity + diversity and founded SMK BRK to normalize cannabis through storytelling, design, events, and music curation. She lobbies for home grows and believes everyone should have the knowledge + space to grow their own medicine.
Laura Quintana
Athletic model & designer, Laura is always active - either on set, in training, in the kitchen, surfing, or skateboarding. Even as a high-performance track athlete Laura used cannabis recreationally and medicinally to help battle anxiety & occasional depression. The judgement she faced fuels her desire to dispel the stigma surrounding the plant.
Lauren McAlpin
A self-proclaimed sucker for the intersection of science, psyche, and spirit, Lauren’s personal mission is to remind people of their ability to self-heal. Lauren lives in Los Angeles, CA with her Mastiff mix, Hannibal, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Psychology with a focus in Criminology.
Liana Vazquez
Liana is a Puerto Rican holistic Influencer, a Borinquen as her Taino ancestors would say. She is an advocate of self/skin care, an image of thrifted fashion, and a Latina bridging the generational gap of normalizing the use of CBD and Marijuana products for health. She is a poet, painter, writer, a former collegiate ice hockey player, and someone who is endlessly creating herself with Mother Nature's help.
Linda Delores
A native New Yorker, born of Hawaiian, Spanish, Filipino and Chinese descent, Linda is a former model, entrepreneur, and mother in the wellness and CBD industry. She is currently a recurring contributor on The Dr. Oz Show and operates her blog “Faith Fit Woman,” which is for every woman on her wellness journey, one that's not only fit physically, but emotionally, spiritually and financially as well."
Liv Walters
Liv is a cannabis journalist and marketer in Portland, OR. She’s originally from South Carolina but became fluent in French to travel and work in more than one language. Forever caught between two cultures, cannabis helps Liv find the words. Liv writes for cannabis companies and publications so she can bewitch the world with feminist and educational messages. For Liv, cannabis is a stepping stone to inclusive conversations about culture and health.
Lotus Laloba
Lotus LaLoba is a mystic practitioner who inspires Black women to honor their personal magic and eradicate generational trauma to create a new legacy of self-love & self-worth. As a mental health + cannabis advocate, Lotus uses CBD & THC to manage two autoimmune diseases & mental health disorders. She infuses meditation, movement, and beauty into her events, speaking engagements, podcast ‘LobaLand’ & product line LobaLand Beauty.
Lynae Cook
Drummer, photographer, actor, & podcast host are roles you'll see listed on Lynae's profiles. But these titles don't let you know about the adrenal fatigue she experiences from years of burnout or her chronic TMJ. Cannabis is a crucial part of her journey with holistic medicine & overall wellness, it's also a topic covered fairly often on #BTSPodcast, where she discusses the "behind the scenes" of people's work.
Mackenzie Richmond
Mackenzie is a plant-focused chef and advocates for wellness. Her focus on the healing and medicinal power of plants extends to cannabis. She thrives while creating nourishing recipes, ranging from cannabis-infused bliss balls to CBD honey face masks. Her intention is to be a source of positivity, initiate self-care and ritual practices, and inspire mindful consumption.
MadySun
Madysun is the founder and CEO of Lova Organics, as well as a public speaker advocating for parents using cannabis. She is especially passionate about helping parents achieve a better quality of life by using cannabis as a tool to improve wellbeing, maintain homeostasis, and explore sexuality. She feels it can be an especially powerful alternative for women who are in any stage of motherhood.
Mallory Lehr
Cannabis in various forms has made it possible for Mallory to overcome the onset of multiple adult food allergies, related gastrointestinal complications, and associated anxiety/ depression while completely changing her lifestyle throughout the years. Her goal is to inspire others to explore the endless natural benefits of the plant.
Margaux Valerie Corla
Margaux Valerie is a Filipina-Hawaiian naturalista with an intentional & ever-evolving eye for art, style & design. She also earned her CPD in Herbal Medicine and focuses largely on natural healing & holistic living. She is passionate about the art of sensuality and helping women to embrace the goddess within. Her favorite rough day remedy includes Mary Jane, gemstone treatments, aromatherapy, massage, deep stretches & meditation.
Maria Villarreal
Venezuelan born and raised, Maria is a creative entrepreneur who is passionate about everything wellness. She founded Antevasin with the mission of connecting community and making wellness accessible for everyone. She is also a dedicated bilingual yoga teacher, meditation, mindfulness and sound healing Instructor. Her teachings are focused in creative ways to incorporate traditional practices into the modern world.
Melanie Aje
Melanie is a holistic doula, childbirth educator, and mama to two happy, healthy toddlers. She combines her love and expertise of cannabis as The Cannabis Doula™, and is a certified consultant who advocates for the health and wellness of women and families who choose to consume cannabis and reclaim our ancestral connection to the cannabis plant.
Micah Crawford
Micah is a mother, entrepreneur, and a cannabis advocate. From edibles, tinctures, and smoking believes in the healing properties of nature’s gift. In addition to her love for the plant itself, she is passionate about social equity and what that means for women and black and brown people. She recently applied for a dispensary license in her home state of Illinois and hopes to be a true representation of social equity.
Ming Bérubé Sam
Ming is a motivated and creative cannabis professional with experience at MedReleaf and Aurora, as well as advising various cannabis start-ups. Her expertise lies in business development, medical cannabis and community building. She is a also medical cannabis user and, thus has a deep working knowledge of Canada's medical cannabis process both professionally and personally. She also has experience in public speaking and podcasting.
Naseya Hill
Naseya is a public health professional, entrepreneur, and cannabis advocate. She combines her passions as the co-founder of Pinkstone, a cannabis social club for Black women. Prior to founding Pinkstone, Naseya worked as a medical cannabis dispensary agent. She’s dedicated to curating social experiences to share the therapeutic benefits of cannabis.
Nathalie Tomaiuolo
After using cannabis in tandem with yoga to help combat her depression/anxiety, Nathalie became a passionate advocate. She integrates her science background and personal cannabis experience in a medical clinic by helping patients find specific products/strains to ease symptoms and illnesses. She is also passionate about fostering cannabis diversity, equity, and justice.
Nicole Lennox
Nicole is an entrepreneur, yogi, and world traveler. She currently resides in Hawaii where she devotes her time to her yoga practice and starting her own business. She finds cannabis and CBD products to be an excellent way to enhance her practice as well as spark creativity for business ventures!
Nikki Fullove
After spending 7 years in the traditional healthcare system and obtaining her Masters in Healthcare Administration, Nikki took her talents to the cannabis industry. She's currently a Budtender/ Dispensary Agent at Dispensary 33 in Chicago. She is also a cannabis content creative and self-taught photographer, as well as the founder of High Class Conversations, a platform that explores the world of cannabis, fashion, lifestyle and more!
Niya Paige
Niya Paige is a nomadic creative being with 6+ years of corporate experience in fashion, photography, graphic design, and creative direction. She launched her own production studio, Black Is Gold Studios, and has shifted her focus to cannabis. She is not only educating and advocating but also helping to change the world's view of cannabis. She has partnered with female-owned cannabis brands. It's about more than just getting high, it's a lifestyle.
Pantha Vorha
Pantha Vohra, an Endo-Cannabinoid Specialist and Urban Forester, Pantha made the switch into cannabis a decade ago. She worked in the legacy market for a while, created and hosted the Ganja Goddess Gala, as well as served as the main Endo Cannabinoid Specialist for the largest Canadian cannabis clinic. She is currently pursuing her post-graduate studies in cannabis and working tirelessly to destigmatize cannabis through science.
Rachel Dené Bowens
Rachel established The Good Vibe Tribe Cannabis Club to create a culture of elevation for the minority community through the healing of cannabis. It focuses on live social events and wellness coaching to break the stigma associated with cannabis. Her personal goal is to marry her love of food and weed and create an empire of hospitality/venues/content with cannabis consumption and amazing dining experiences.
Rchelle Mullins
Rchelle loves creating connections through powerful, thoughtful content and cannabis. Her personal experience with a sick loved one who found relief through cannabis fueled her passion to build a cannabis career. When she isn't learning about the always-evolving industry, drafting video scripts or recording videos for viewers, you can find her soaking up the LA sun with a joint.
Romina Berberi
A modern writer, orator and anthropologist with Albanian roots and Greek upbringing, Romina is currently settled on the land of the Lenape people in Brooklyn, NY. She aspires to spend this lifetime immersing herself in the cultures of the world to gain a deep understanding of consciousness, emotionality, trauma and healing. As an aspiring filmmaker, she strives to share her learnings about the essence of being in a cinematic context.
Samantha Martins
Samantha is a Yoga and meditation teacher, wellness educator, energy worker, singer, writer, and mental health advocate. She's been studying, practicing, and teaching various mind-body-spirit modalities for over a decade and has her Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Music. In addition to supporting self-care and wellness, Samantha destigmatizes mental health issues and cannabis use through education and intentional use.
Sandy Zhao
Sandy is a Chinese American advocate for cannabis and eco, sustainable living. She spent the last decade in the fashion industry, focusing on brand and product development, as well as digital marketing and omni-channel retail. Sandy uses cannabis to center and ground herself, so she can surrender to the flow of life in collaboration with the world around her.
Sara Elisa Lopez
Sara is an artist, photographer, writer, and founder of "The Jungle Journal", a travel and cultural magazine dedicated to cultural and environmental preservation. As a self-proclaimed anthropologist, she is guided by her passion for storytelling and a deeply committed practice to help maintain and preserve global cultures and traditions. Additionally, Sara practices Curanderismo to reclaim her spiritual roots and continue her ancestors' practices.
Shana’e Solorio
Shana’e is a mother of two, former essential worker, turned creator of Moms Who Cannabis, a podcast and social community for women alike to openly experience and advocate our elevated lifestyles in motherhood, holistic health, and spirituality infused with plant medicine. In a stigma-free space, my passion is to encourage women to live a life led by purpose, healing, and self-care routines, curated through cannabis.
Shanelly Pena
Shanelly is a private chef, co-founder of Higher Dining, and most importantly mother to a five-year-old boy. Higher Dining is an experiential cannabis lifestyle brand created with intention and focused on de-stigmatizing cannabis by curating spaces that build community to engage and share our always evolving knowledge which is always evolving.
Shaunna
Shaunna is currently studying her way to a graduate degree in education with a special focus on literary and media studies for middle grade to high school ages. She is disabled with multiple chronic illnesses and is an advocate for mental health and equality. In her spare time she loves to read, write, meditate, and cuddle with her cats.
Siha Collins
Siha fills rooms with her unique insight, humor, and ease. She creates transformative spaces, like Yellow Mat Wellness, to help people and brands make meaningful change. Her dynamic corporate career combines more than a decade of expertise in brand strategy and executive leadership. Siha is also a meditation teacher, trauma-informed educator for social impact + justice, as well as a certified cannabis sommelier and Rarebird Creative Director.
Sky Britnei
Sky Britnei is a holistic wellness and energy practitioner. She specializes in chakra, crystal, herbal and sound healing and is the owner of DE LA JIPI, an online Apothecary + Botánica. Through her services and products (holistic skincare, spiritual tools and crystal jewelry), she aims to remind us that we are art, we are magick, we are divine and we are all worthy of tapping into mind, body, and soul care.
Sophia Julio
Sophia started off as a cannabis industry volunteer and patient and is now a professional in the industry. She believes cannabis can heal people mentally, spiritually, and physically. Since learning about the benefits of cannabis, she is now working at Grassroots Cannabis, is the founder of Propacanna, and creates content for various local businesses and organizations.
Stolbie Sisters
Entrepreneur sister duo aka The Witches of Grasstown are cannabis trailblazers. Tamu and Zia help bridge the gap between cannabis and public perception & misconceptions by sharing education, knowledge, understanding, experience and entertainment. The sisters have built a strong foundation within the industry to assist with an elevated viewpoint and are supported by a community of partners and collaborators.
Tammy Pettigrew
With a Masters in Business Administration, Tammy has a passion for teaching. Her company, Cannabis Cutie Education, teaches cannabis history, science, and more, in a simple, easy-to-understand way to help cannabis entrepreneurs and advocates have a well-rounded understanding of the plant. As a WomenGrow Market Leader, Tammy hosted monthly networking events. She has hosted and spoken at various cannabis events including EBONY Magazine, Orange County NORML, and numerous digital cannabis events.
Tarren Wilson
Tarren Wilson was a fan of cannabis culture before she was even a user. She has 10 years of experience operating smoke shops and consulting for cannabis brands. She currently runs online smoke shop The Mary Market and cannabis-themed candle company Highly Curated Candles. Tarren hopes to help others discover the endless potential and power of the plant.
Tengku Chanela Jamidah
Tengku Chanela Jamidah is a champion for change. After a very successful career in fashion and beauty in the US and Malaysia, she now finds comfort in helping others heal through holistic and plant-based therapy through her wellness brand Jiwa. She is passionate about making medical cannabis legal in Malaysia and has recently taken on the role as patron of MASA, a Malaysian NGO that has been advocating for cannabis since 2011.
Tianna Jones
Tianna Jones is a Bay Area native and cannabis enthusiast who is passionate about the destigmatization of cannabis and making it more accessible for all. She has worked in both medical and recreational cannabis in California and Nevada. Check her out as cohost of Highly Political, a podcast where two passionate ladies smoke weed, talk politics, laugh and, sometimes cry. Available wherever you listen to podcasts - light up and tune in!
Tori Rerick
Tori Rerick, PharmD, is a mindfulness guide and healer who teaches leaders to live with more satisfaction and less anxiety with mindfulness and self love practices. Cannabis has played a major role in Tori's personal healing journey. She honors the plant through candid conversations hosted on her podcast, 6 Degrees from Cannabis. Tori believes in customizing each person's healing journey and that cannabis should be an accessible option for all.
Valerie Lollett
Valerie, a seasoned entrepreneur and advertising executive ventured into cannabis in 2017 with her own brand. Once it was acquired, she started The Plant Department as an educational project to promote awareness, provide reliable knowledge, and spread the word about the great potential that cannabis holds. The project also provides coaching services for individuals and entrepreneurs around the world.
Veronica Mitchell
Veronica Mitchell is a writer, consultant, and family caregiver for her parents. Veronica was the founder of two successful corporations in Vail, Colorado, and San Diego, CA. Ms. Mitchell’s passion for business and supporting women and older adults inspired her to create Seniors, Caregivers, and Cannabis™ a platform to educate and advocate for seniors and caregivers exploring cannabis medicine to improve the quality of their lives.
Yogi Maharaj
Yogi is a cannabis industry trailblazer. After 7 years of professional expertise in edible production, brand management, marketing, and sales, Yogi founded Luv Kush Co to provide education, resources, and experiences that reclaim cannabis in the South Asian diaspora. Yogi honors the diaspora’s ancestral roots to ganja in Hinduism, mythology, history, and Vedic wellness while inspiring others to reclaim their own ancestral relationship to the plant.
Zoya Yaseka
Zoya is a Jamaican Model/Actress, writer, and the creator of Prescription for LIFE programming for Mindfulness through gymnastics. My mission is to establish a standard for accountability in leadership and child-rearing for the coming generations. Through my programming, I teach coaches, mentors, and parents to become the love they needed in order to be the love the world needs.
Allegra Campbell
Allegra is an advocate for legalization of cannabis and encouraging further education about the plant, combining politics into the cannabis space to address the larger issues affecting the cannabis industry. Allegra holds two certificates in cannabis education, Cannabis Sommelier Level 1 + Cannabis Consulting Level 1. Allegra is continuing her advocacy through work on various political campaigns on the House and Senate level.
Amber Dorsey
Amber is a writer, content creator and flat lay specialist, mom of two, plant lady extraordinaire and cannabis enthusiast. Cannabis has greatly helped with anxiety and depression. AIt is her mission to destigmatize the concept of "mama needs a joint" and make it as acceptable as "mama needs a drink." After all, 4:20 is the new wine thirty. Amber incorporates CBD into her daily wellness routine to manage her anxiety while remaining productive.
Amy Chin
Amy is the founder of Calm Better Days to help others understand CBD's benefits. She found great relief for anxiety and postpartum depression with CBD and was able to be more patient, present, and mindful through life’s twists and turns. Calm Better Days educates clients on what CBD is, how to properly dose and consume, as well as provides custom CBD regimens based on needs and lifestyle.
Andrea Smith-Meecham
Andrea is a passionate champion against misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and privilege. She started using cannabis at the age of 12, and learned how the plant could help relieve her anxiety, depression, and gender dysphoria through education and working in the industry. When she came out as a trans woman, she dove into the legal market, not only to help others but also to help bridge the gap between the LGBTQ+ community and cannabis.
Antuanette Gomez
Antuanette is the Founder and CEO of Pleasure Peaks, the leading Canadian cannabis brand for improving women’s sexual health. She is also a full-time cannabis consultant and a proud public speaker on cannabis and its cross-section with sexual, women, and minority issues.
Ash Pavesio
Ash is a queer, Latinx mama who is passionate about plant medicine. She’s an open book, so reach out and start a dialogue if you want to hear more about how she got here! A believer in the power of community and representation, she is excited to continue centering honest conversations around trauma, healing, change, and identity. There is work to be done, and we can do it together!
Ashley Kindelan
Ashley is a photographer and self-proclaimed creative chimera. Her first experience with cannabis was as a child whose mother consumed cannabis for severe depression & panic attacks. Ashley now uses cannabis, mostly CBD, to calm her anxiety & busy mind. She appreciates how cannabis helps her to gain clarity when overwhelmed by ideas & projects, comfort & calm during a workout, and focus while doing photography & other work.
Betsy Kabaker
Kabaker has been a cannabis entrepreneur since 2015, focusing on marketing and branding for California’s most sought after brands and retailers. After years of research and experience in the industry, she is relaunching her edibles business, KABAKED, which offers a cannabis-infused cake mix, custom infused desserts, baking classes, as well as the KABAKED KOOKBOOK.
Breanna Jernagin
After researching the science behind why certain strains or even ingestion methods felt better in some situations as opposed to others, Bre is now dedicated to mindfully educating those who might find cannabis intimidating. She aims to be a voice for those who are canna-curious and want to explore their wellness options while having a great time.
Camille Brathwaite
Camille is passionate about art, culture, wellness, and travel. As a fierce CBD and medicinal cannabis advocate, she uses the plant to ease the debilitating effects of migraine headaches. She infuses organic CBD into all areas of her daily lifestyle through yoga, healthy food and self-care and is building a team of like-minded advocates. Camille also designs social media content and runs her own art studio.
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson started her career in publicity, but transitioned to a career in cannabis, modeling and acting. She is the floor manager and brand ambassador for top brands at popular LA dispensary, The Pottery. Caroline aspires to bridge the gap between her two passions by being a relatable figure who is de-stigmatizing the plant.
Carolyn Chu
Carolyn Chu founded Papers + Ink Studio and Phoenix Ishii to celebrate creativity, inclusivity through design, and community. She noticed that there weren't any high-quality, well-designed, and consciously produced rolling papers that celebrate uniqueness. So, she created her own line of rolling papers and accessories for people who like to have fun, are aesthetically inclined and seek luxurious experiences without forgoing function.
Cheyenne Chandler
Cheyenne is an enthusiastic artist and entrepreneur, studying agricultural science, who loves cannabis! She values the connection and community that cannabis provides. When she's not working at a dispensary, assenting patients on their medical marijuana journey or advocating for cannabis use, she explores other forms of wellness or tends to her 200+ house plants. Cheyenne believes life is about finding your balance and enjoying the sunshine.
Cindy Tran
Cindy's journey into the cannabis industry stemmed from challenges with her health and mental well-being. Cindy now empowers others to seek the same for themselves in an industry that has been stigmatized for years. She founded the community Mary Jane Brunch and CanWeeDine Productions to lead the creative strategies for cannabis media and storytelling.
Clare Michalik
Clare is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, writer, and digital content creator. She is the founder of Clareminded, a growing YouTube channel, and OJAS Digital Magazine, helping others learn and implement practical Ayurvedic teachings. Clare is passionate about community and raising the collective vibration through her work with individual clients, joint gatherings, and collaborative projects. She lives as a digital nomad, seeking adventure and soul connections wherever she can.
Dana Sullivan
While cannabis is illegal in Charleston, Dana has found CBD to help her sleep and cure her anxiety. CBD has changed her daily life in such a strong way! She hopes the stigma surrounding cannabis can be stripped and people become more knowledgeable of the very effective benefits of it.
Darlene Tran
Darlene bridges cannabis, other medicinal herbs, and food for her own health and enjoyment. Cannabis was crucial in relieving symptoms of postpartum depression along with the anxiety that comes with having a child with health concerns. Food as medicine became a priority for the family; and though there have been challenges along the way, it has been an enlightening journey to create tasty meals that her son can enjoy.
Deon Hawkins
Driven by pure grit, Deon is a self-made cannabis connoisseur that is keeping us relevantly tapped into developing cannabis products. Wearing multiple hats, Deon nourishes brand relationships and has developed partnerships that blossomed into successful and educational events and visual content. She is a cannabis commentator, content creator, and well-versed consumer.
Deupree Yauncey
Deupree is a government relations associate and medical cannabis consultant in Atlanta, Georgia. Her goal is to educate government officials and consumers on the benefits of cannabis as a medical and holistic resource. As a medical cannabis advocate, Deupree works with state representatives, policy advisors and community leaders and is working on presenting a resolution to The United States Congress supporting cannabis banking legislation.
Edolia Stroud
Edolia is a creative director and photographer from Brooklyn. Working with both photography and collage, her work explores themes of female identity. While at art school as an undergrad, Edolia experienced separation anxiety and depression which resulted in a lot of sleepless nights. Since then, cannabis has helped her get the rest she needs as well as feel less anxious about being away from her family for long periods of time.
Eliza Gellman
Hailing from the Queen City in Charlotte, NC, and currently based in Charleston SC, Eliza is a Nutrition Specialist and Fitness Trainer. Eliza enjoys a fast-paced lifestyle with friends, career, a thriving podcast and is passionate about continue building the high vibrational life she strives for!
Elizabeth Gray
Elizabeth Gray believes anything is possible and wants to spotlight the legal cannabis realm by creating Visual Magic! She founded @bud_betty (BB), which is a creative lifestyle platform focused on the Canadian cannabis industry. Through collaborations, connections, learning, empowerment and events, BB elevates the female cannabis experience.
Elle Pierre
Elle Pierre is a content creator, with a background in wellness, beauty and music, who has worked with brands such as Tata Harper, African Botanics, Ethel’s Club and Laundry Day. Elle is committed to living the fullest life and does so by dancing, laughing, practicing yoga, pulling tarot cards, eating well, trying new things, traveling, learning, reading, loving on those around her, and mothering an incredibly gifted and energetic boy.
Emily Carpenter
Emily is a graphic designer and co-founder of @panafrocanna, a creative collective that focuses on positive representation of black folks in cannabis through content, education, and collaboration. She considers herself a productive stoner, but also uses cannabis as medicine. Emily prioritizes cannabis education and allows people to make their own choices about their bodies and lifestyles.
Emily Wills
With a background in tattooing and painting, Emily Wills is a self-taught graphic designer, illustrator, and astrologer living in the DC metro area. As a freelancer, she relies on her intuitive sense to flow with a sustainable creative process, all of which are supported by a healthy healing relationship with cannabis.
Erica Foulkes
After experiencing debilitating sexual assault trauma, cannabis has been a tool to relieve chronic pain and persistent panic attacks, and has strengthened her resilience and grounding in life. She encourages intentional use of cannabis for wellness and healing, especially for those struggling with trauma. Erica values the HIVI community, which uplifts and advocates for a new era that normalizes informed cannabis use and confronts cannabis criminalization injustice.
Fatima Farmer
Fatima Farmer is a Certified Mindfulness Meditation & Breathwork Facilitator, Clarity Coach, Non-Profit Founder, and podcast host. Her non-profit, Soul Beauty Outreach, is on a mission to heal, humanize, and house homeless women through mental health resources and meditation workshops.
Faye Wellman
Faye is a curve model, vocalist, songwriter, brand + content consultant, body positivity advocate, and wellness enthusiast. She thrives in the unconventional and is a passionate cannabis advocate. She's worked in the music industry, consumer tech, as well as California’s top sustainable cannabis brand, Flow Kana. Faye's mission is to help re-position and normalize cannabis, highlighting it as a profound wellness source.
Frances Fu
Frances is an intuitive guide who assists other beings in their healing, inner work, and ascension journey. While getting her Masters in Public Health, her research focused on looking at the transmission pathways of intergenerational trauma in refugee communities. For her, cannabis use has evolved from college kickbacks to now a virtual spiritual healing-centered space for conscious people, centering BIPOC healing.
Geraldine Mae Cueva
Geraldine Mae Cueva aka Gigi is a Merchant turned Marketer in the industry. After more than a decade working in fashion, she shifted her passion for product to her love of plants. Her consulting platform, Art & Times of Chill, builds communities & connects brands for conscious commerce. She is the Co-Creator of the online smoke break and community platform, Sesh-Ins and the Host of the podcast, Amplify Your Chill, where she explores all the ways we #makechill.
Hannah Nakawatase
Hannah Nakawatase is the Founder and CEO of CUCCI, a women’s empowerment group that curates elevated wellness workshops and events for those interested in exploring their cannabis experience. Hannah prioritizes highlighting WOC as much as possible, as she recognizes the disproportionate representation, accessibility and generational harm the criminalization of cannabis has caused in marginalized communities.
Isabella Zacarias
Isabella is 22 years old and is in no rush to figure everything out. She has been been a loyal cannabis user for the past 5 years. She believes the stigma has been around for too long and it’s time we show the world cannabis consumers can be goal-oriented, motivated and inspiring while using plant medicine at the same time. Let's change the world! Please register to vote. ?
Jakki Hernandez
Jakki has been in the cannabis industry for 15 years. Jakki uses the phrase “cannabis is medicine" and the plant helps her with different chronic pain conditions, including Neurofibromatosis and Complex Regional Pain disorder. Cannabis is not only a way of life for Jakki, but is also a plant she passionately speaks about.
Jennifer McCown
Hailing from Oregon and NorCal, Jen discovered cannabis for its healing powers in her early adult life. The interest and passion for the plant was ignited by her mother's illness, who was also a recovering addict. Since then she's been an advocate and student, learning how cannabis is tied to our physical and mental health. Now, as a new mother she is navigating how it can also be an aid or tool for parents: especially those battling mental illness.
Jessica Buck
Jessica is a copywriter and aspiring novelist who enjoys eating, sleeping and indulging in cannabis. You can find her at a cafe, bookstore or park on a nice day. She plans to prioritize unplugging in 2020 to finish her book and consciously tap into the inner healing necessary for growth, with cannabis as a medicinal helper.
Jjanga Hwang
As a mother of two kiddos, three dogs, and a business owner/model Jjanga is ALWAYS busy. She definitely uses cannabis/CBD/CBG to help relax like a glass of wine at the end of the day. Jjanga loves dancing and painting on her free time and her obsession for fashion runs deep!
Jordan Massa
A mother, wife, and cannabis educator, Jordan believes in the healing power of cannabis and is dedicated to demystifying the myths. Cannabis relieves her endometriosis pain, as well as the struggles and anxieties many modern women face. A market researcher by day, she marries her professional & personal passions by working with brands to amplify the contemporary cannabis consumer's voice!
Josse Gee
Josse is gender non-conforming (she/he/they) + Chinese/Jewish American who grew up immersed in cannabis culture. Josse is a content creator, the Shipping + Fulfillment Coordinator at Intersectional Environmentalist, and also works with Climate Action LAb and Potli. Josse is disabled and uses cannabis to manage the symptoms associated with endometriosis, central pain syndrome, and other conditions. Cannabis has also contributed to improving Josse's mental health and spiritual journey.
Joy Victoria Clarke
Joy Victoria Clarke fused her 10-year experience in experiential marketing and media with her passion for cannabis with Mahogany Mary Experiences. She is passionate about helping others and believes cannabis can heal. Joy is also dedicated to inclusivity in the legal marijuana market and supports organizations that provide resources to those marginalized by the war on drugs.
Kay Rosario
Kay “K. Clouds” Rosario, is an East Coast Creative who strives for media/digital representation of Black and Brown voices. With the help of cannabis, movement/dance, mental wellness and her 7+ years of PR experience, K. Clouds aims to break stigmas while repainting the average consumer image.
Keislia Spencer
Keislia is a yoga teacher, energy healer, and Founder/CEO of SunKeis'd Wellness, a space for women to rise into their power, trust their intuition + infuse holistic wellness into their everyday life. A first-generation Jamaican-American, she's passionate about normalizing the use of cannabis as a method for pain relief, healing & spiritual growth.
Kelsey
Kelsey’s Growing is a cannabis content creator, advocate & educator! She spends her days working at Oregrown’s Portland dispensary selling customers cannabis through personalized discussions & experiences. Her goals include traveling the world to learn about herb(s) and cultivating cannabis alongside her partner, Ace.
Keyara Broom
Keyara is a Black, Queer, 20-year-old something who showcases what it means to live an authentic & beautiful life through Vlog-like content! Keyara inspires others to be authentically themselves! Whether that’s through sustainability, style & fashion, veganism & spirituality, advocation for intersectional movement, or all of the above!!! Vegan and Adorable is what Keyara is!
Kimee Brown
Kimee is the co-founder + creative director of PinkStone, a high-end social club specializing in connecting women + cannabis. Kimee started using cannabis back in grade school and now it's key to her self-care. Smoking is a ritual that allows Kimee to quiet her overactive mind and create dope cannabis content, which breaks stereotypes surrounding WOC cannabis consumers.
Lacey Hines
Lacey uses cannabis to heal and have the confidence and strength to be her best self. With over three years of experience as a budtender, brand ambassador, and content creator, Lacey uses her creativity and voice to fight injustices faced by WOC in the industry, such as difficult corporations, being overlooked, and constant backlash for sharing her perspective.
Laura OG
Laura OG is a cannabis cultivator, educator, and consultant dedicated to teaching women conscious cannabis consumption and self-care practices. She advocates for cannabis equity + diversity and founded SMK BRK to normalize cannabis through storytelling, design, events, and music curation. She lobbies for home grows and believes everyone should have the knowledge + space to grow their own medicine.
Laura Quintana
Athletic model & designer, Laura is always active - either on set, in training, in the kitchen, surfing, or skateboarding. Even as a high-performance track athlete Laura used cannabis recreationally and medicinally to help battle anxiety & occasional depression. The judgement she faced fuels her desire to dispel the stigma surrounding the plant.
Lauren McAlpin
A self-proclaimed sucker for the intersection of science, psyche, and spirit, Lauren’s personal mission is to remind people of their ability to self-heal. Lauren lives in Los Angeles, CA with her Mastiff mix, Hannibal, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Psychology with a focus in Criminology.
Liana Vazquez
Liana is a Puerto Rican holistic Influencer, a Borinquen as her Taino ancestors would say. She is an advocate of self/skin care, an image of thrifted fashion, and a Latina bridging the generational gap of normalizing the use of CBD and Marijuana products for health. She is a poet, painter, writer, a former collegiate ice hockey player, and someone who is endlessly creating herself with Mother Nature's help.
Linda Delores
A native New Yorker, born of Hawaiian, Spanish, Filipino and Chinese descent, Linda is a former model, entrepreneur, and mother in the wellness and CBD industry. She is currently a recurring contributor on The Dr. Oz Show and operates her blog “Faith Fit Woman,” which is for every woman on her wellness journey, one that's not only fit physically, but emotionally, spiritually and financially as well."
Liv Walters
Liv is a cannabis journalist and marketer in Portland, OR. She’s originally from South Carolina but became fluent in French to travel and work in more than one language. Forever caught between two cultures, cannabis helps Liv find the words. Liv writes for cannabis companies and publications so she can bewitch the world with feminist and educational messages. For Liv, cannabis is a stepping stone to inclusive conversations about culture and health.
Lotus Laloba
Lotus LaLoba is a mystic practitioner who inspires Black women to honor their personal magic and eradicate generational trauma to create a new legacy of self-love & self-worth. As a mental health + cannabis advocate, Lotus uses CBD & THC to manage two autoimmune diseases & mental health disorders. She infuses meditation, movement, and beauty into her events, speaking engagements, podcast ‘LobaLand’ & product line LobaLand Beauty.
Lynae Cook
Drummer, photographer, actor, & podcast host are roles you'll see listed on Lynae's profiles. But these titles don't let you know about the adrenal fatigue she experiences from years of burnout or her chronic TMJ. Cannabis is a crucial part of her journey with holistic medicine & overall wellness, it's also a topic covered fairly often on #BTSPodcast, where she discusses the "behind the scenes" of people's work.
Mackenzie Richmond
Mackenzie is a plant-focused chef and advocates for wellness. Her focus on the healing and medicinal power of plants extends to cannabis. She thrives while creating nourishing recipes, ranging from cannabis-infused bliss balls to CBD honey face masks. Her intention is to be a source of positivity, initiate self-care and ritual practices, and inspire mindful consumption.
MadySun
Madysun is the founder and CEO of Lova Organics, as well as a public speaker advocating for parents using cannabis. She is especially passionate about helping parents achieve a better quality of life by using cannabis as a tool to improve wellbeing, maintain homeostasis, and explore sexuality. She feels it can be an especially powerful alternative for women who are in any stage of motherhood.
Mallory Lehr
Cannabis in various forms has made it possible for Mallory to overcome the onset of multiple adult food allergies, related gastrointestinal complications, and associated anxiety/ depression while completely changing her lifestyle throughout the years. Her goal is to inspire others to explore the endless natural benefits of the plant.
Margaux Valerie Corla
Margaux Valerie is a Filipina-Hawaiian naturalista with an intentional & ever-evolving eye for art, style & design. She also earned her CPD in Herbal Medicine and focuses largely on natural healing & holistic living. She is passionate about the art of sensuality and helping women to embrace the goddess within. Her favorite rough day remedy includes Mary Jane, gemstone treatments, aromatherapy, massage, deep stretches & meditation.
Maria Villarreal
Venezuelan born and raised, Maria is a creative entrepreneur who is passionate about everything wellness. She founded Antevasin with the mission of connecting community and making wellness accessible for everyone. She is also a dedicated bilingual yoga teacher, meditation, mindfulness and sound healing Instructor. Her teachings are focused in creative ways to incorporate traditional practices into the modern world.
Melanie Aje
Melanie is a holistic doula, childbirth educator, and mama to two happy, healthy toddlers. She combines her love and expertise of cannabis as The Cannabis Doula™, and is a certified consultant who advocates for the health and wellness of women and families who choose to consume cannabis and reclaim our ancestral connection to the cannabis plant.
Micah Crawford
Micah is a mother, entrepreneur, and a cannabis advocate. From edibles, tinctures, and smoking believes in the healing properties of nature’s gift. In addition to her love for the plant itself, she is passionate about social equity and what that means for women and black and brown people. She recently applied for a dispensary license in her home state of Illinois and hopes to be a true representation of social equity.
Ming Bérubé Sam
Ming is a motivated and creative cannabis professional with experience at MedReleaf and Aurora, as well as advising various cannabis start-ups. Her expertise lies in business development, medical cannabis and community building. She is a also medical cannabis user and, thus has a deep working knowledge of Canada's medical cannabis process both professionally and personally. She also has experience in public speaking and podcasting.
Naseya Hill
Naseya is a public health professional, entrepreneur, and cannabis advocate. She combines her passions as the co-founder of Pinkstone, a cannabis social club for Black women. Prior to founding Pinkstone, Naseya worked as a medical cannabis dispensary agent. She’s dedicated to curating social experiences to share the therapeutic benefits of cannabis.
Nathalie Tomaiuolo
After using cannabis in tandem with yoga to help combat her depression/anxiety, Nathalie became a passionate advocate. She integrates her science background and personal cannabis experience in a medical clinic by helping patients find specific products/strains to ease symptoms and illnesses. She is also passionate about fostering cannabis diversity, equity, and justice.
Nicole Lennox
Nicole is an entrepreneur, yogi, and world traveler. She currently resides in Hawaii where she devotes her time to her yoga practice and starting her own business. She finds cannabis and CBD products to be an excellent way to enhance her practice as well as spark creativity for business ventures!
Nikki Fullove
After spending 7 years in the traditional healthcare system and obtaining her Masters in Healthcare Administration, Nikki took her talents to the cannabis industry. She's currently a Budtender/ Dispensary Agent at Dispensary 33 in Chicago. She is also a cannabis content creative and self-taught photographer, as well as the founder of High Class Conversations, a platform that explores the world of cannabis, fashion, lifestyle and more!
Niya Paige
Niya Paige is a nomadic creative being with 6+ years of corporate experience in fashion, photography, graphic design, and creative direction. She launched her own production studio, Black Is Gold Studios, and has shifted her focus to cannabis. She is not only educating and advocating but also helping to change the world's view of cannabis. She has partnered with female-owned cannabis brands. It's about more than just getting high, it's a lifestyle.
Pantha Vorha
Pantha Vohra, an Endo-Cannabinoid Specialist and Urban Forester, Pantha made the switch into cannabis a decade ago. She worked in the legacy market for a while, created and hosted the Ganja Goddess Gala, as well as served as the main Endo Cannabinoid Specialist for the largest Canadian cannabis clinic. She is currently pursuing her post-graduate studies in cannabis and working tirelessly to destigmatize cannabis through science.
Rachel Dené Bowens
Rachel established The Good Vibe Tribe Cannabis Club to create a culture of elevation for the minority community through the healing of cannabis. It focuses on live social events and wellness coaching to break the stigma associated with cannabis. Her personal goal is to marry her love of food and weed and create an empire of hospitality/venues/content with cannabis consumption and amazing dining experiences.
Rchelle Mullins
Rchelle loves creating connections through powerful, thoughtful content and cannabis. Her personal experience with a sick loved one who found relief through cannabis fueled her passion to build a cannabis career. When she isn't learning about the always-evolving industry, drafting video scripts or recording videos for viewers, you can find her soaking up the LA sun with a joint.
Romina Berberi
A modern writer, orator and anthropologist with Albanian roots and Greek upbringing, Romina is currently settled on the land of the Lenape people in Brooklyn, NY. She aspires to spend this lifetime immersing herself in the cultures of the world to gain a deep understanding of consciousness, emotionality, trauma and healing. As an aspiring filmmaker, she strives to share her learnings about the essence of being in a cinematic context.
Samantha Martins
Samantha is a Yoga and meditation teacher, wellness educator, energy worker, singer, writer, and mental health advocate. She's been studying, practicing, and teaching various mind-body-spirit modalities for over a decade and has her Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Music. In addition to supporting self-care and wellness, Samantha destigmatizes mental health issues and cannabis use through education and intentional use.
Sandy Zhao
Sandy is a Chinese American advocate for cannabis and eco, sustainable living. She spent the last decade in the fashion industry, focusing on brand and product development, as well as digital marketing and omni-channel retail. Sandy uses cannabis to center and ground herself, so she can surrender to the flow of life in collaboration with the world around her.
Sara Elisa Lopez
Sara is an artist, photographer, writer, and founder of "The Jungle Journal", a travel and cultural magazine dedicated to cultural and environmental preservation. As a self-proclaimed anthropologist, she is guided by her passion for storytelling and a deeply committed practice to help maintain and preserve global cultures and traditions. Additionally, Sara practices Curanderismo to reclaim her spiritual roots and continue her ancestors' practices.
Shana’e Solorio
Shana’e is a mother of two, former essential worker, turned creator of Moms Who Cannabis, a podcast and social community for women alike to openly experience and advocate our elevated lifestyles in motherhood, holistic health, and spirituality infused with plant medicine. In a stigma-free space, my passion is to encourage women to live a life led by purpose, healing, and self-care routines, curated through cannabis.
Shanelly Pena
Shanelly is a private chef, co-founder of Higher Dining, and most importantly mother to a five-year-old boy. Higher Dining is an experiential cannabis lifestyle brand created with intention and focused on de-stigmatizing cannabis by curating spaces that build community to engage and share our always evolving knowledge which is always evolving.
Shaunna
Shaunna is currently studying her way to a graduate degree in education with a special focus on literary and media studies for middle grade to high school ages. She is disabled with multiple chronic illnesses and is an advocate for mental health and equality. In her spare time she loves to read, write, meditate, and cuddle with her cats.
Siha Collins
Siha fills rooms with her unique insight, humor, and ease. She creates transformative spaces, like Yellow Mat Wellness, to help people and brands make meaningful change. Her dynamic corporate career combines more than a decade of expertise in brand strategy and executive leadership. Siha is also a meditation teacher, trauma-informed educator for social impact + justice, as well as a certified cannabis sommelier and Rarebird Creative Director.
Sky Britnei
Sky Britnei is a holistic wellness and energy practitioner. She specializes in chakra, crystal, herbal and sound healing and is the owner of DE LA JIPI, an online Apothecary + Botánica. Through her services and products (holistic skincare, spiritual tools and crystal jewelry), she aims to remind us that we are art, we are magick, we are divine and we are all worthy of tapping into mind, body, and soul care.
Sophia Julio
Sophia started off as a cannabis industry volunteer and patient and is now a professional in the industry. She believes cannabis can heal people mentally, spiritually, and physically. Since learning about the benefits of cannabis, she is now working at Grassroots Cannabis, is the founder of Propacanna, and creates content for various local businesses and organizations.
Stolbie Sisters
Entrepreneur sister duo aka The Witches of Grasstown are cannabis trailblazers. Tamu and Zia help bridge the gap between cannabis and public perception & misconceptions by sharing education, knowledge, understanding, experience and entertainment. The sisters have built a strong foundation within the industry to assist with an elevated viewpoint and are supported by a community of partners and collaborators.
Tammy Pettigrew
With a Masters in Business Administration, Tammy has a passion for teaching. Her company, Cannabis Cutie Education, teaches cannabis history, science, and more, in a simple, easy-to-understand way to help cannabis entrepreneurs and advocates have a well-rounded understanding of the plant. As a WomenGrow Market Leader, Tammy hosted monthly networking events. She has hosted and spoken at various cannabis events including EBONY Magazine, Orange County NORML, and numerous digital cannabis events.
Tarren Wilson
Tarren Wilson was a fan of cannabis culture before she was even a user. She has 10 years of experience operating smoke shops and consulting for cannabis brands. She currently runs online smoke shop The Mary Market and cannabis-themed candle company Highly Curated Candles. Tarren hopes to help others discover the endless potential and power of the plant.
Tengku Chanela Jamidah
Tengku Chanela Jamidah is a champion for change. After a very successful career in fashion and beauty in the US and Malaysia, she now finds comfort in helping others heal through holistic and plant-based therapy through her wellness brand Jiwa. She is passionate about making medical cannabis legal in Malaysia and has recently taken on the role as patron of MASA, a Malaysian NGO that has been advocating for cannabis since 2011.
Tianna Jones
Tianna Jones is a Bay Area native and cannabis enthusiast who is passionate about the destigmatization of cannabis and making it more accessible for all. She has worked in both medical and recreational cannabis in California and Nevada. Check her out as cohost of Highly Political, a podcast where two passionate ladies smoke weed, talk politics, laugh and, sometimes cry. Available wherever you listen to podcasts - light up and tune in!
Tori Rerick
Tori Rerick, PharmD, is a mindfulness guide and healer who teaches leaders to live with more satisfaction and less anxiety with mindfulness and self love practices. Cannabis has played a major role in Tori's personal healing journey. She honors the plant through candid conversations hosted on her podcast, 6 Degrees from Cannabis. Tori believes in customizing each person's healing journey and that cannabis should be an accessible option for all.
Valerie Lollett
Valerie, a seasoned entrepreneur and advertising executive ventured into cannabis in 2017 with her own brand. Once it was acquired, she started The Plant Department as an educational project to promote awareness, provide reliable knowledge, and spread the word about the great potential that cannabis holds. The project also provides coaching services for individuals and entrepreneurs around the world.
Veronica Mitchell
Veronica Mitchell is a writer, consultant, and family caregiver for her parents. Veronica was the founder of two successful corporations in Vail, Colorado, and San Diego, CA. Ms. Mitchell’s passion for business and supporting women and older adults inspired her to create Seniors, Caregivers, and Cannabis™ a platform to educate and advocate for seniors and caregivers exploring cannabis medicine to improve the quality of their lives.
Yogi Maharaj
Yogi is a cannabis industry trailblazer. After 7 years of professional expertise in edible production, brand management, marketing, and sales, Yogi founded Luv Kush Co to provide education, resources, and experiences that reclaim cannabis in the South Asian diaspora. Yogi honors the diaspora’s ancestral roots to ganja in Hinduism, mythology, history, and Vedic wellness while inspiring others to reclaim their own ancestral relationship to the plant.
Zoya Yaseka
Zoya is a Jamaican Model/Actress, writer, and the creator of Prescription for LIFE programming for Mindfulness through gymnastics. My mission is to establish a standard for accountability in leadership and child-rearing for the coming generations. Through my programming, I teach coaches, mentors, and parents to become the love they needed in order to be the love the world needs.
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