Denver, CO -based KT Winery, a Black, Asian-owned, and women-led wine company, has expanded its board of advisors to include Monique Rodriguez, founder of global beauty brand Mielle Organics , and Rachel Roff, founder of clinical skincare brand Urban Skin Rx . According to a March 13, 2025 news release, Kristin Taylor and Macie Mincey launched KT Winery in 2020 for the modern, health-conscious wine drinker and to address the lack of diversity representation in the wine industry. The brand is available in over 500 locations online and at select retailers, including Target and Total Wine, and on flights with major airlines. Rodriguez and Roff will provide strategic guidance to help shape the brand’s direction. “We are honored to have such notable female founders join the KT Winery board of advisors to provide their insight and guidance as we continue to grow another woman-led brand made for us,” said Taylor. As previously reported by AFROTECH™ , Rodriguez founded Mielle Organics in...

This new partnership is working to address disparities for medical patients. Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) has awarded Strands of Faith, a clean haircare brand, with a contract to supply 4,400 hospitals across the U.S. with textured hair products, according to a press release. The partnership marks one of the first haircare companies in the new category “Ethnic, Scalp, and Skincare” to receive the contract. What’s more, the press release notes that Strands of Faith will now expand its distribution network and increase its visibility in the healthcare industry.

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The psychedelic medicine industry is expanding rapidly, with areas like Washington, D.C., and Cambridge, Massachusetts decriminalizing magic mushrooms in recent elections. This Black woman-led biotech company recently launched to show how psychedelic medicines can be used for women’s health. Aphrodite Health — a woman-focused biotech company — is introducing psychedelic medicines to address women’s mental and physical health challenges often overlooked by modern medicine. The startup launched on May 31 and is led by CEO Tesla La Touche, a Black woman healthcare professional with 20 years of experience. La Touche is clinically published and brings a wealth of experience in the surgical, biopharmaceutical and advanced, clinical technologies sector to her team. S he was confident in her work as she was launching Aphrodite Health. Still, she takes a lot of pride coming into this space as the first Afro-Indigenous CEO in the psychedelic medicine industry. “I have very intimate knowledge...