Keiana Cave is an eighteen year old girl with big aspirations from New Orleans Louisiana. She was recently honored in the Forbes 30 under 30 for the work she is pursuing. She is the CEO, chief scientist and founder of a company called Sublima Pharmaceuticals. Her companies mission is to produce the first non hormonals birth control pill in the United States. Her journey started when she was awarded 10000 dollars from NFL quarterback Drew Brees for New Orleans entrepreneur week. This really sparked her ability to get in touch with outside investors to pitch the idea. She was later able to raise 1.2 million dollars to put towards her research. She eventually took her talents to the University of Michigan where she studies entrepreneurship, chemical engineering and aerospace engineering. All that aside her main goal with the project is to empower women and make them feel more comfortable in their own bodies. It is crazy to hear all that Keiana has accomplished in just a few short years. I really like her ability to solve a problem that not many people are talking about. Considering birth control has been around for a very long time it is interesting to see someone try to change the way that it is done. I commend anyone who has an idea that can change the way that people do things. It is also remarkable how this is all being done at such a young age. It will be very intersting to see what other success she has in the future.
Keiana seems to have tremendous imagination and drive for innovating. It is awesome to see someone so young apply her ideas and knowledge in a way that can help to serve others in her community. When it comes to the matter of birth control, if she can apply outside-the-box thinking and deliver a viable new product that is just as effective but provides an additional tangible benefit to consumers, then she will truly be able to make a difference. She seems like the type that will continue to offer new ideas and solutions to worn-out problems, providing an interesting twist on things that already exist.
This young entrepreneur is very admirable. It’s impressive that she is able to hold three positions in her company while also studying three separate degrees at the University of Michigan. The fact that she was able to raise over a million dollars to help aid her research for these non-hormonal birth control pills is also very interesting.