Helping girls rewrite their stories for 50 years

Michelle Pepin still remembers one morning she arrived at school early as a ninth grader. A new classmate climbed out of a car driven by an older man. When Michelle asked about him, the girl casually replied, “That’s my boyfriend. We’ve been out partying all night.”

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• By Katelyn DeLost of the Press-Citizen
• August 3, 2026