Local man continues to foster diversity, inclusion in the chemistry field [Video]

Inside the Allison Park PPG Research and Development Center, employees look to research and develop a wide variety of things.

“I’m helping work on a product that will help reduce corrosion in the automotive industry,” Josh Mitchell told Channel 11′s Andrew Havranek from his lab.

Mitchell is a Chemistry Technical Assistant at PPG. He’s fairly new to the chemistry field.

“I started at Bidwell Training Center last May. I graduated this May, and I’ve been working here at PPG as a technical assistant for just under two months now,” Mitchell said.

Last year, he wanted a career change.

While in a program at Bidwell Training Center, his class took a field trip to PPG.

“From that day on I wanted to work here in research,” Mitchell said.

But, during his studies, he noticed something both at school and on these field trips.

“I never actually met a Black chemist previously,” he noted.

He also saw Black classmates …