A Mighty Girl 7: Nicole Ticea Traditional Cache

In each of the first ten caches in this series you will find a numeral which will allow you to figure out the location of the final Mighty Girl cache. A tool may be needed. These caches are on active logging roads...use common sense when parking and walking. Please note that these caches are accessible from early spring to late fall, and possibly during the winter, depending on snow conditions. Use good tires and common sense. Cell service is spotty.

In a world where the population is approximately 7.4 billion people, and approximately 50% of those people are female, there are a lot of stories that have gone untold.  This cache series recognizes some amazing women and girls, and highlights their contributions to our planet...some large, some small, but all very important.  Do you know all of these Mighty Girls?  I hope that someone in this series is a new name to you, and that you will help to share these stories, and many more!  I also look forward to hearing your own Mighty Girl stories!

A Mighty Girl 7: Nicole Ticea

Nicole Ticea is a young woman from British Columbia, Canada who, at the age of 16, developed a low-cost, rapid-response, early stage HIV test.  Her device, which is disposable and electricity-free, provides results in less than an hour and costs less than $5 to produce.  Her goal was to create a device that could be used where the patients actually are, and to detect the presence of HIV DNA or RNA early enough that treatment can be initiated very early (when it is most effective), and the risk of transmission can be made lower, as people are more rapidly aware of their HIV status.