Hunter Mack, an incoming intern at the Aerospace Corp., a California-based nonprofit that, among other things, does national security research for the U.S. government, said his previous internship at Aerospace “was such an empowering experience to see people in very high positions that looked like me … and having someone that I could talk to that understands my experience and what it’s like to be an African-American in space.”

Marketplace’s David Brancaccio spoke with Steve Isakowitz, president and CEO of the Aerospace Corp., about his company’s role in the industry’s pivot toward diversity.