I never questioned if I belonged in leadership. Generations of women in my family showed me I did. Susie Cranston says the women in her family shaped her. Courtesy of Susie Cranston Susie Cranston said she always knew women could be leaders because of her upbringing. Susie's mom is a retired CEO and lawyer, whose twin is a cardiac surgeon. Their examples helped her expand her comfort zone with confidence, she says. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Susie Cranston , CEO of Cresset. It has been edited for length and clarity. There's a famous story in my family: my mom and her twin sister were in first grade at a religious school in the Bay Area. When the teacher asked the students what they wanted to be when they grew up, all the little girls said they wanted to be nuns, except for my aunt. She wanted to be a doctor. The teacher told her that it was impossible: women couldn't be doctors. When my mom and aunt told my grandmother that story, she was determined to prove the teacher wrong.…