As a science-based company, Covestro believes it has a responsibility to develop the STEM workforce pipeline, fostering it from the earliest elementary school levels right through employment and beyond with an experiential, hands-on, real-world approach. All students must have access to Standards-based, quality STEM education, including those in underserved communities. Today, we have a growing population of African Americans, Latinos, and to a lesser extent, American Indians, that is not adequately reflected in the STEM workforce. Working in these communities and partner schools is something Covestro is committed to in order to ensure a diverse STEM talent pipeline that will feed our and the country's ever-growing need for world-class STEM professionals. Bottom line—we need the perspectives and ideas of all people, from entry-level manufacturing and technical workers to Ph.D. research scientists.