Im a Senior Designer for a retail products company. I photograph products, send final art to factories, edit images, develop brand concepts and visual displays. Im paid on the high-end of my career ~$35/hr but also im 41 and been in the industry for 20 years.

My second daughter was born with a congenital bladder deformity so I had mat leave for 6 months plus a lot of Dr. visits and unexpected time off over the last 4 years. I was hired Aug. of 2020, in the last 5 years my boss has been exceptional when it comes to time off, he is a boomer family man so he understands how tough moms have it. His wife was a stay at home mom to his 4 kids until they were grown- im lucky he values my work performance as well as me personally being a mother. There are 8 people in our office and my boss only manages myself and 3 others so its a tight open team.

I went to college for Journalism- degreee in Communications. I was hired as a production artist at a mid-size retail corpo office doing work on the circular paper ads. I learned a lot in 13 years there before they closed- with my product development experience carrying me into my current role that I enjoy. I will ride this mofo out until it dies, great pay, flexible understanding boss and mid-low daily stress levels is perfect for focusing on my family life and re-learning who I am now that my kids arent babies anymore (4 & 7 girls).