Well, for me, my parents encouraged me to join the team after she heard about it from her friends. I went to a private middle school and transitioned into a public high school were I knew pretty much like 6 people and I haven't always been much of a people's person
in the end I joined anyways, and my best friend joined too, so it wasn't too bad having to face all these strangers. My freshman year there were pretty much about 4 girls on the engineering side but this year its gone up
due to intense recruitment this year thanks to an extremely enthusiastic pr division
now, FIRST is all I do, and it's been awesome. I've met so many awesome people and the robotics room has become my home away from home. All of us at robotics are so close and we all just hang out so much that if one of us is gone, it just feels like something's missing, just like after build when we go, "I need something to do!" I can't wait for next year!