Cole is an activist, an executive director of Brown Boi poject, founder of Brioxy and so much more. Cole has worked across the U.S. and internationally on issues of leadership development and building social capital for young people of color. Cole has done so much for
holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and has worked as a community facilitator and strategist for more than 15 years. Drawing on her experience as a consultant, Cole launched the Brown Boi Project in 2010. As an activist, Cole introduced the term “masculine of center”, which is now being used to forward understanding of the incredible breadth of masculinity within the queer community. A Black Male Achievement Echoing Green Fellow, Rotary International Ambassadorial
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Ultimately, its creators hope to see it become something of a special interest group for young people of color in tech.
The platform will charge users a $5 monthly fee for access, and that money buys site users “membership.” Membership means access to travel, discounts, a database of fellowships and internships to apply to, and a network of 400 users to turn to if you have any questions. Brioxy hopes to break a thousand users this summer.
The task management portion of Brioxy is not unlike Trello or similar to-do list apps with a simplified design. Your calendar of prospective goals can run months or even years into the future, and you can color code and categorize items at
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It became clear that landing a dream job in tech wasn’t as simple as having the right grades. Without the right support or access to the same opportunities or information, you would have a much harder time getting in the door.
Cole needed a hack.
“The backbone of Brioxy’s online system is something I developed on paper when I was 19,” Cole said. “I was struggling to juggle all of the pieces. Not only was I a full time student, I had three jobs, I was active on campus. I was managing all of those things. When you don’t come from a place of privilege, you have all of these competing interests that most other students don’t have.”
Brioxy is part life planning and design, part networking, mentorship and access to information. “Ultimately what we’re trying to build is the insider guide to the world for young people of color,” she told Motherboard. “How do we learn to hack and learn to access social capital? And how do we translate that experience for other young people of color? That’s what my life journey has been about.”
One of Brioxy’s early beneficiaries is 18-year-old Mills College freshman, Gloriana