This year, I earned a She Runs It: Working Mother of the Year honor, which made me grateful for my team and my two young children, both of whom helped me become the agency President and mom I am proud to be. But alongside that gratitude also came a not-so-great feeling. 

I traveled to the award ceremony in New York City, with my kids in tow. At the event, I sat in a room full of well-established working moms, surrounded by truly admirable executives and company leaders from large agencies, brands, and corporations—women I aspire to be like. Which left me asking myself: how did I get here? How could I possibly be in this room of women accepting the same award? Somehow, even as the President of an established independent agency, I still felt like I didn’t quite belong. I found myself comparing myself to their roles and achievements, their important jobs, “grown-up jobs,” and the impact they’ve made in their communities. For a moment, I felt like I had snuck into someplace I wasn’t supposed to be. 

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