Lori Ferrara wasn’t deterred when she walked into her first ArcView meeting and found herself the only female investor among 80 men. She recalls being a little intimidated but took them on “one-by-one” and ended up being the organization’s first female investor, after providing a loan to a licensed cultivator in Colorado.
Ferrara first grew curious about medical marijuana in 2012 when her husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer. “He was on tons of medication and obviously had all of the side effects that went along with them. It was very scary to watch.”
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