Matawana Is Brooklyn’s First Black Woman–Owned Dispensary

 Matawana Is Brooklyn’s First Black Woman–Owned Dispensary

Leeann Mata opened Matawana, Brooklyn’s first Black woman–owned cannabis dispensary, earlier this year. Here’s how the mom of three gets it done.

In February, Leeann Mata became the first Black woman to own a dispensary in her native Brooklyn with the opening of Matawana on 14th Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope (Mayor Eric Adams appeared …