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Barry Cooper (known to many as Coach Coop) is an educator with more than a decade supporting young men of color. Barry founded The B.R.O. Experience Foundation (Brothers Redefining Opportunity) in 2020 to expand his work in closing the Black male mental health gap.

In a career dedicated to youth development, Barry has served as Dean and Director of Culture at Eagle Academy for Young Men, taught at CUNY Fatherhood Academy as an adjunct Life and Wellness Educator, and has mentored formerly incarcerated youth through the New York Department of Probation. He has been Vice-Chair of the Brooklyn NAACP Educational Committee and has run for local office. His books include “The Provider: A Guide for Co-Parenting Dads” and a forthcoming children’s book. 

The B.R.O. Experience stands for Brothers Redefining Opportunity, and with his team, Barry is constantly discovering new ways to engage and develop young men of color to build strong leaders of tomorrow.