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Livi McKay

Founder, CEO

MyTEPI

Livi McKay is the founder and CEO of MyTEPI, a startup dedicated to helping consumers navigate cannabis products. Prior to starting MyTEPI, Livi spent 8 years working in the financial industry, most recently as Head of Investor Relations for cannabis investment manager and advisor, CB1 Capital.

In her early to mid twenties, Livi first began suffering from grand mal seizures and then a serious of conditions that resulted in over dozen hospitalizations and 5 major operations. During this time, she had been supplementing her prescription medications, including daily opioids, with cannabis. By the time she turned 30, she had weaned herself off all prescription medications using cannabis and plant based medicines.

In 2019, Livi became a nationally ranked athlete in the equestrian sport of 3-Day Eventing. Having this experience and full turnaround thanks to cannabis, she decided to become more vocal about her story. In 2020, she left the financial world to pursue her dream of normalizing plant medicines and legitimizing cannabis as a viable health alternative.