What is your name?
Maureen Brown
What is your title?
Owner of Ask the Advocate, LLC
What is your business name?
Ask the Advocate, LLC
What is your website URL?
www.asktheadvocate.org
What is your Instagram handle?
@AsktheAdvocate
What is your LinkedIn URL?
https://linkedin.com/in/maureenbrownedadvocate
How long have you been a Boston Business Women member?
3 years
Where are you based? How did you end up there?
Beverly — my husband and I built here.
Tell us more about your company! What do you do and what pushed you to start?
I support families of children and young adults with unique learning needs to obtain the appropriate services, supports, and placements they require to make effective progress.
What is your definition of success? How do you know when you’ve reached it?
Being someone that makes a difference in the world by helping those in need with my expertise. Making a difference in the disability world and how we as a society view individuals with varying abilities.
Tell us about your most transformational moment as an entrepreneur.
Allowing myself to be successful and earn six figures — and simply being proud of where I am today compared to where I came from.
What was one of your biggest challenges in business?
Raising kids as a single mom and trying to persevere — just keeping on, no matter what.
How do you handle the harder days — the struggles, the moments when you feel like giving up?
Take a bath :) Go to bed early. The next day always seems brighter when I am recharged.
How has being a Boston Business Women Inner Circle member positively influenced your life and business?
Just joined — really looking forward to learning from all of the amazing women here.
Tell us about your most proud moment in your career.
Having students I helped when they were three now in college reach out to say how much I helped them by believing in them and advocating so strongly for their needs.
Who is the woman behind your business? What does she like? How does she spend her free time? What does she value?
I love laughing, spending time walking in the woods, love the beach, and spending time with my close group of women friends. I love crafting and learning new ways to improve my business.
What makes you stand out from others in your field? What do you do differently?
I am very passionate about each and every one of my clients — everyone gets treated like they are my only client, and I fight very hard for obtaining the supports each child needs to be successful long term.
Where can we keep up with you? What social media platforms do you use the most?
Facebook.com/asktheadvocate