We all need a little more SUPPORT. And that is exactly what Carrie from the B.R.A. Network is delivering today. After noticing that there was a need in her community she set out to create an amazing space for women in LA!. Carrie tells us her big stretch goals and all the magic in between.

Carrie Murray is the founder of BRA - Business Relationship Alliance, a network of powerful women devoted to advancing female-owned businesses by providing the community, collaboration, mentorship, empowerment and support needed to flourish as an entrepreneur.

Carrie began working to advance the rights of women when she became the first in her family to graduate college with a Bachelor's in Social Work from San Francisco State University with an emphasis in Domestic Violence. She went to work as a court advocate, working for victims trying to understand their rights and navigate the judicial system. She then went on to get a Master's Degree from Antioch University with an emphasis in Social Justice.

While doing double-duty as a mom of two young kids, she would eventually build a circle of friends who were also in the same boat; not only "solopreneurs," but "mompreneurs" who shared the same frustrations, limitations and struggles that she did. Through these friendships, Carrie quickly realized these women also had nowhere to turn but each other for answers and there had to be a better way. So what started out as casual dinner parties at her house, morphed into fruitful networking sessions as more and more women outside her immediate circle wanted in. At first, they would come together monthly, and then weekly to discuss all things business. It was through sharing their own personal experiences and providing advice, education and support to one another that they found a like-minded community of women who shared the same vision. From those dinners, BRA - Business Relationship Alliance - was born.