I Deserve to Be Here: Impostor Syndrome is a Lie

Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash

I went to an event a few weeks ago where a large group of alumni from various schools gathered to celebrate one another’s success in the film industry. I had never felt a stronger sense of impostor syndrome in my life.

To be fair, I do not have a background in film, nor was I an alumnus from any of those schools (USC, UCLA, etc.). I attended as a guest. I thought it’d be a…