In this podcast episode, we continue our cannabis conversation with Jilliein Franquelli of Mj Magazine. See how she is using her passions, skills, and talents to help break the stigma of cannabis use within MD's borders by tuning in!

Jilleien has spent her entire career focused on building community. After 15 years in the multifamily housing industry, she founded Ripple Effect, which took the best practices from that industry, and focused on bringing marketing and branding solutions to entrepreneurs. This entrepreneurial endeavor led her back to the family business of publishing. In 2018, Jill joined the cannabis community as Co-Founder of MaryJane of Maryland. 

Today Jill is the owner and publisher of Mj Magazine a medical cannabis community and magazine centered around sharing the stories of Maryland Cannabis patients and their experiences medicating with marijuana. Jilleien received Entrepreneur of the Year from True Conversations in 2017.  Amidst all of this, she continues to run her nonprofit “Simple Sacrifice,” an organization dedicated to feeding the homeless and hungry in Baltimore City on a weekly basis. Currently, she and her wife Colleen live in Federal Hill with their puppy, Petey.