Screen Shot 2013-05-14 at 3.05.44 PMBy Pauline France

Making Music magazine recently featured five admirable rock ‘n’ roll moms, including Lita Ford, Anna Fermin, and Pearson Perry.

Anna Fermin, of Chicago, Ill., juggles between motherhood, being a musician, graphic designer, and homemaker.

“Being a bandleader, mother, wife, can be exhausting for anyone,” she told Making Music. “It’s about being in the here and now.”

Click here to see who else made it on the list and read how they balance their roles as musicians and mothers.