Jessica Velazquez on Cannabis Accounting and Activism

Portrait of Jessica Velazquez
Velazquez

Her concerns stretch from the regulatory framework to the particular needs of minorities.

By Liz Gold
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It was a fusion of life experience and natural skill that thrust Jessica Velazquez, CPA, founder and CEO of Indiva Advisors, into accounting.

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A first-generation Mexican American, Velazquez is the second oldest of eight, lending a hand in a busy family clothing wear business. At the age of 15, when her parents got audited, she was able to serve as translator and bridge the language gap between her family and the IRS agent.