Camille Mitchell is one of very few Black women architects in the field, and she’s on a mission to ensure more young people get a peek into the industry.
“Besides enjoying it, it’s a creative outlet,” says Mitchell when asked about why she chose this career path.
“We create shapes, and we get to control the setting of spaces. Our work affects how you move and how you feel; it impacts the spirit. It’s rewarding to see something that was just a pencil sketch come together into something so large.”
She learned from some of the best, during her internship with a firm in New York City. Colleagues introduced her to the National Organization of Minority Architects, where she learned that only 0.2% of licensed architects in the United States were Black women.
“Roundup or round down, that's still zero,” she says.