A new University of Texas at Dallas initiative will provide financial and academic support to transfer students from low-income backgrounds who want to become engineers and computer scientists. Participation in IT ACCESS does not require a separate application; UTD will select recipients from admitted transfer students in engineering and computer science based on financial need. The success of IT ACCESS will be measured, in part, by how many participants earn engineering and computer science degrees and enter the STEM workforce or graduate programs. We need to change this concept of status quo and exceptionality so that we recognize that it’s normal for transfer students, it’s normal for students from low-income backgrounds, it’s normal for Black disabled women to be successful engineers. Brecheen will lead efforts to study which strategies work best for students and how those practices can be used to improve outcomes for all transfer students.