During the Ohio State Involvement Fair, I quickly realized the sheer number of student organizations and became overwhelmed by all of my options. However, at the same time, none of the organizations seem to be exactly what I was looking for. I knew that the organizations that I was interested in joining revolved around service and/or Computer Science/STEM, so I decided to go to many different organization meetings the first few weeks of being at OSU. The issue became that the meeting times were all around the same time, so I had to make decisions and choose which organizations were really important to me. I went to many computer science clubs, and I liked a few of them, but I was never really sold on any one of them. I always felt that the rooms were full of people trying to flex their skills and boost their ego, more than trying to help and be a mentor to underclassmen. To me, it was a toxic environment that I was not incredibly interested in being a part of. But luckily, I was convinced into going to an ACM-W meeting. I had seen the posters and have had people talk to me about the group, but I did not initially think the club would even accept me. This is because ACM-W stands for the Association of Computing Machinery – Women’s Chapter, so as a man, I did not think that I would fit in and did not think I was even able to go to a women’s club. Nevertheless, some influential people convinced me to go, and it has been one of the best decisions I have made here at OSU. The group was very accepting of men joining their group and I realized that most of the awkwardness I was feeling was being put on by myself rather than the women in the room. In contrast to the other clubs I went to, the ACM-W was focused on helping everybody succeed and was a organization created to uplift. The people are a fantastic mix of being mentors as well as also showing technical aptitude and share a general goal of coming together to collectively achieve our goals. The goal of the ACM-W is to help women get jobs in computer science, and I never realized until now how necessary achieving this goal is. There is a clear lack of diversity in computer science that I can see not only from my classes but from the other computer science organizations that I went to. If the club was a generic club, it seemed that the entire room was full of the exact same people wearing different outfits. They had the same mindset and there was not only a lack of diversity in race and gender, but in thought and action. I have realized how devastating the lack of diversity is in tech fields, and I want to do my part to change that, even as a white man. The ACM-W is a great place for me to work on increasing diversity, by empowering women to feel that they can succeed, while also gaining experience and networking in a tech club. In the end, finding the ACM-W has incredibly surprised me by really helping me find a group that I can connect with and share a love for Computer Science with.