Kika Keith is a nationally-recognized momtrepreneur and activist who’s early work began with her inner city youth orchestra Sweet Strings that has spanned over 20 years of hard work and innovation. From launching the first to market chlorophyll water Gorilla Life that began as a homemade remedy for her daughter’s asthma and scaled to a nationally distributed beverage company on the shelves of Whole Foods, to her most recent success of founding Gorilla Rx Wellness Co. becoming Los Angeles’ first Black Woman Owned Dispensary.
Kika is no stranger to progress as she currently breaks ground on her second property on Crenshaw Blvd, Gorilla University, Powered by her Non-profit Life Development Group. Kika plans to offer workforce development for formerly incarcerated individuals and emerging entrepreneurs the opportunity to have first-hand experience and training on how to successfully launch and operate their own businesses.
If you were to ask her why she continues to work tirelessly in her pursuits for equity she’d say that she carries a profound love for our people in her heart and channels her intention for her for profit endeavors to independently fund her nonprofit organizations to do her part in continually uplifting and expanding our communities. First Crenshaw, then the world.