How Cannabis and Crypto are Helping This Artist Survive Terminal Cancer, with Arabella Proffer

Arabella Proffer

Arabella Proffer is a visual artist based in Cleveland. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and bred in Southern California, she has a BFA from CalArts. Her loose narrative themes revolve around the history of medicine, psychedelic visions, and biomorphic organisms. She delves into the practice of oil painting, tying together its relationships to nature, biology, and emerging sciences.

Arabella’s work appears in over 80 private collections and she participates in solo and group exhibitions throughout the world.

Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, SF Weekly, The Plain Dealer, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, The Harvard Gazette, NPR, Hektoen International Medical Journal, The Portland Review and more.

Her achievements have been recognized by the Ohio House and Senate. She has received grants from Ohio Arts Council, Akron Soul Train residency, Rauschenberg Award, Andy Warhol Foundation Satellite Award, and ArtsCleveland.

She balances a studio practice of commissions, transcendental painting, drawing crude comics for cheap laughs, all while living with terminal cancer.

Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders.

Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies.

Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual.

With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry.

Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.