According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 30 percent of workers in the construction industry are of Hispanic origin. Construction companies like Skanska have translators on job sites who provide safety instructions and communicate project tasks in Spanish, but sometimes information gets lost in translation.

Tamara Terry holds many titles at RTI International, which is a shout out to the expansive and important work she does. I sat down with her to discuss the importance of this work and what drives her every day.

Achieving diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging has become a widely held goal for many corporations. But what do these words mean, and why do they matter?

Most of us intuitively know that having diversity at work is a good thing. But, do you really know why? There is now overwhelming evidence of a strong business case for diversity and inclusion.

The Pew Research Center asserts that the youngest generation in the U.S. is entering adulthood as the country’s most racially and ethnically diverse generation and is on its way to becoming the best-educated generation yet. And this generation is now entering the workforce.