To say that Keiana Cave was an inspiration to all aspiring female entrepreneurs would be an understatement. Her story is one of persistence, insane accomplishment, and a mission focused on solving a unique yet incredibly important problem. Beginning at a young age, Cave was interested in identifying problems in the world, especially the world of chemical engineering. Her focus ranges from wide spread, environmental issues, to the most personal of female reproductive health.

Recently, Cave has focused her impressive creative energy on the issue of birth control. This topic has been revisited countless times over the years, and from its conception has been an extremely controversial. The most popular form of birth control, currently, is hormonal birth control. Typically, this works by preventing the woman taking the pill from ovulating to prevent the possibility of a fertilized egg. While generally effective, this form of birth control has many adverse side effects. Most prominently, it introduces “foreign” hormones to a woman’s body, and by nature of that process, it messes with the natural balance of hormones. For many women, this is a large issue and often complicates their decisions on which birth control is best for them.

Cave identified this issue and has been working on the development of a birth control that is non hormonal. She saw the widespread negative physical results of the pill and had a strong desire to fix the issue. This is particularly admirable due to her age: she is not held back by societal standards of maturity or success. This enabled her to dream big, and to work incessantly to fix major problems. She demonstrates the necessary characteristics of a successful entrepreneur in that she is creative and constantly identifying new problems, she is working with issues she has personal experience with, and she is unafraid to break the norms in the hopes for finding solutions.