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Mennlay is an interdisciplinary cannabis entrepreneur and has been legally working with marijuana since 2005. Through her visibility, advocacy for inclusion, and education efforts, she is helping to navigate an authentic future for women of color in the cannabis industry.

 
 

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Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey is the author of The Art of Weed Butter and an interdisciplinary creative in the cannabis wellness industry since 2005. She has worked with Whoopi Goldberg's award-winning edibles company for menstrual cycles; later co-founding Xula Herbs, a brand supporting easeful periods, PMS, menopause, hormonal balance, and overall wellness.

Her inimitable work, essays, and recipes have been featured in publications such as Vogue, Bon Appétit, Washington Post, Interview Magazine, High Times, New York Magazine, Bloomberg, and others.

Mennlay also co-hosted Broccoli Magazine's podcast Broccoli Talk; and proudly sat on the inaugural board of the Floret Coalition, an anti-racist cannabis collective that donates to communities harmed by the war on drugs.

She currently resides in Mexico City researching and exploring the modern African diaspora through plant-medicine and foodways.

 
 

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