Dealing with the absence of her biological father, and feeling as if she never really belonged, Carla found herself becoming a teenage mom during her senior year in high school. Struggling to find her way, becoming a mother gave Carla a sense of purpose. She often says, “Giving birth to my daughter, was God’s way of breathing new life into me.” Determined not to be a statistic, Carla began to empower other women through Women of Standard newsletter, which evolved into a magazine, then a movement, and now the Woman Heal Experience. This was the beginning of her learning how to transform her pain into passion, to purpose and to profit!