Meet The Team
Founders & CEO
Richard & Barbara Smith
Richard & Barbara, aka Bossman and Bosslady, started Cannaverse in 2022. After serving his country, Richard wanted to serve the community of Las Cruces with quality cannabis at great prices. Richard & Barbara have two sons and 3 grandchildren and love spending time with them when they can. When he's not traveling as an MRI tech, Richard loves spending time at the store and getting to know his customers. You might catch both owners on the pickleball courts playing a friendly game with one another.
General Manager
Thalia Loyola
Thalia started at Cannaverse as a Budtender quickly working her way up to Keyholder and then to General Manager. Growing up in Las Cruces as a local Thalia enjoys helping her community with all their cannabis needs. Keep an eye out for Thalia in town, she's typically seen dancing at bars and raging at raves. Thalia encourages all to say Hello, she typically has discount flyers she hands out at events. You can usually find Thalia working diligently to help keep the shop running.
Assistant Manager
Jorge calzadillas
Jorge started at Cannaverse as a budtender and worked his way up to production manager. Jorge loves serving his customers and helping them find the exact product they need. He also likes to joke around with his co-workers. Jorge enjoys spending his time with his family when he's not at the shop.
Budtender
Delilah Garcia
Delilah has been at Cannaverse for a short time, but has enjoyed being a part of the team and looks forward to continuing her journey with them as well! She loves being out on the dance floor with her friends or outside enjoying the sun. Her go to in the store is a Sweet Island Skunk or Rainbow Sherbet pre-roll. Catch her on a Wednesday wearing pink and you might just get one on her! She welcomes all friends with great smiles to come on in and shop with us!
Budtender
Marisol Aldaz
Meet budtender Marisol! She is a passionate budtender who is a home cook who loves creating original recipes and preserving homemade goodness through canning. When it comes to cannabis, her favorite brand is Sublime, especially their Caramel Chews and Tropical Punch Gummies! Marisol loves bringing creativity, flavor, and enthusiasm into everything she does. When she’s not in the kitchen you can find her at Cannaverse ready to help with all your cannabis needs!
Head Grower
Michael Hensley
Mike has been cultivating crops for more than 12 years, with an approach shaped largely by hands-on experience, curiosity, and a habit of wanting to understand exactly why a plant responds the way it does. A self-taught cultivator and lifelong problem solver, his experience extends beyond the plants themselves into irrigation, lighting, environmental control, electrical and mechanical systems, and the technology behind modern cultivation. He enjoys experimenting, troubleshooting, and finding better ways to do things, whether that means refining a feeding program, rebuilding a grow system, or designing something that didn’t exist before. As Lead Cultivator, Mike brings that same practical, constantly evolving approach to every crop, with the goal of growing healthier plants, producing better flower, and making each harvest better than the last.