“…The lack of diversity and persistence in undergraduate engineering programs has led to a breadth of research on the factors predicting student retention and success-especially that of underrepresented and minoritized groups [2], [3], [5], [12], [14], [15]. In this research, engineering identity -measured in a variety of ways-has become a significant variable contributing to educational success, with stronger engineering identity leading to persistence [7], [10], [17] - [28]. That is, the more students feel like they belong in engineering, feel supported academically, personally, and socially, are recognized as engineers by their peers, faculty, and friends and family, feel competent as an engineering student and identify themselves as an engineer, and see a future for themselves as an engineer, the more likely they will be to remain in engineering [11], [29].…”