Veronica Zora Kirin is the founder of Asterisk Womenโs Health, cofounder of Anodyne Magazine, and founder of GreenCup Digital. She is also an anthropologist studying paradigm shifts, the author of the award-winning book โStories of Elders,โ and has presented her research at two TEDx events. Kirin has been named a Forbes NEXT 1,000 Entrepreneur, one of GO Magazineโs โ100 Women We Love,โ and a BEQ 40 LGBTQ Leader Under 40.
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Veronica Kirin graduated with anthropology honors from Grand Valley State University with the intent to enter the nonprofit and humanitarian sector. She immediately enlisted with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps where she was personally presented with the Spirit of Service Award by President George HW Bush and received the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Congressional Medals for her service in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.
Today, Veronica is recognized as a Forbes NEXT 1000 Entrepreneur and a 40 LGBTQ Leader Under 40 by Business Equality Network. She is the founder of award-winning tech company GreenCup Digital which she exited in 2018; founder of Asterisk, a Web3 company working to backfill 500 years of missing womenโs non-reproductive health data; and cofounder of Anodyne Magazine which publishes art and personal stories about FLINTA* health. Veronica also leverages her anthropological training to study paradigm shifts, resulting in the award-winning book “Stories of Elders,” which documents the high-tech revolution through interviews with those that lived it, and the โStories of COVIDโ ethnographic project. She speaks at conferences and events around the world and has presented two TEDx talks on her research. She is most passionate about LGBTQ Rights, Womenโs Rights, and Social Equity.
