This Caribou native and Husson grad wants to revolutionize the way women use birth control

by Emily Burnham
3 years ago
Caribou native and Husson grad Saundra Pelletier, seen here in her San Diego office, is CEO of pharmaceutical company Evofem Biosciences. Credit: Courtesy of Kimberly Motos / Evofem Biosciences
Saundra Pelletier remembers the first time she got birth control. She was a teenager in the 1980s, attending Caribou High School, and her mother, a hard-working, no-nonsense Aroostook County woman, took her to a family planning office in Presque Isle to get her on the pill. She wanted the best for her daughter, and an unplanned pregnancy was not going to be part of the equation. Read more.