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Aiming High
Payton Shubrick Sets Out to Build a Family Success Story
By Joseph Bednar
Payton Shubrick always wanted to effect change in the world.
She never thought it would be through
a product that was, for most of her life, illegal. Specifically, when she graduated from the
College of the Holy Cross in 2015 with a degree in political science — and concentrations in Africana studies and peace and conflict stud- ies — the goal was to enroll in law school, she explained.
“I was hearing so much conversation about how these businesses were going to make millions. Honestly speaking, they made it sound so easy.”
“Our speaker for our class talked heavily about moving mountains — ‘how do you leave this college on a hill and move mountains the rest of your life?’” she recalled. “So my idea was, I was going to have this landmark case that would change the trajectory of my career and rewrite
some type of law.”
But she found herself working full-time at
MassMutual instead — and missing her college days filled with extracurricular activities. “It was work, work out, and go home. There was nothing in between.”
So, with the help of her father, Fred, she secured an internship with the Springfield City Council. Meetings became more interesting after
The executive team at 6 Brick’s includes, from left, Taylor Shubrick, Payton Shubrick, and their parents, Dawn and Fred Shubrick.
Massachusetts voters approved the legalization of adult-use cannabis in late 2016, with out-of- state operators hanging around and officials try- ing to hash out what the rules would be for zon-
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