Founder Features
Dr. Cierra Gromoff, co-founder and CEO of Kismet Health
Our five-part founder video series shares inspirational stories of founders we admire and the ambitious companies they’re building. This is Cierra's story.
By: Mercury
September 17, 2023
St. Paul, Alaska — a tiny island on the Aleutian chain — isn’t the typical breeding ground for VC-backed entrepreneurs. But for Dr. Cierra Gromoff, it’s growing up here as a member of the Aleute tribe that inspired her to start a company with the goal of making mental wellness accessible to children and families, even in the country’s most rural areas.
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