25 years in the nonprofit sector of the cannabis industry.Founder and Director of The Sweetleaf Collective, California‘s oldest cannabis brand and compassion program, celebrating 25 years of free compassionate cannabis to veterans, terminally ill patients, and people of color.The Sweetleaf Collective began after the passage of Proposition 215 in 1996. Sweetleaf is a nonprofit that organizes compassion patients so they can access free medical marijuana, also referred to as compassionate cannabis. Sweetleaf has connected over 1000 patients with more than $5 million of free cannabis since opening its doors and works with hundreds of partners in the cannabis industry.