Gia Morón Wants More of Us in the Weed Business
Latina to Latina
LWC Studios
4.7 • 624 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We need materials in Spanish. |
| 0:06.0 | We can't go out and communicate or connect with communities if we're not using language. |
| 0:12.0 | In order for all of us to be included, we have to feel included. |
| 0:16.0 | And so what can Latinas bring to the industry? |
| 0:20.0 | They bring their talents. They bring their the industry? They bring their talents. |
| 0:21.6 | They bring their skillsets. |
| 0:22.6 | They bring their cultures. |
| 0:23.6 | They bring their whole selves to this. |
| 0:28.6 | Legal cannabis is a multi-billion dollar industry, already dominated by white middle-class growers. |
| 0:35.6 | But Gia Morone wants to make sure the rest of us have a chance to profit from this growing market. |
| 0:41.1 | She's the executive vice president of Women Grow, an organization that creates opportunities for enterprising women in the legal weed market. |
| 0:53.4 | Thanks so much for being here, Gia. |
| 0:55.2 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:57.2 | Tell me, what was your introduction to the cannabis industry? |
| 1:00.3 | So the first time I recognized that there was an industry, |
| 1:04.5 | it was actually looking at a documentary on CNBC. |
| 1:08.1 | So there was a documentary series about the marijuana industry and the rise of it. |
| 1:14.0 | And this was like between 2012, 2013. |
| 1:18.0 | Not that long ago. |
| 1:19.0 | Not that long ago. |
| 1:20.0 | And I was shocked because I'm thinking, what is a business channel doing focused on marijuana? |
| 1:26.7 | How did it become legal when so many people were arrested for it? |
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