Our Story

Boarding Scholars of Color (BSC) was born out of lived experience.

For many Black and Latino students, boarding school offers extraordinary academic opportunity, but often at the cost of cultural isolation. Being one of few students of color on a residential campus can mean navigating elite spaces without consistent affirmation, mentorship, or community. While affinity groups and cross-school events can create powerful connections, those relationships too often disappear after graduation.

We experienced this gap firsthand.

Despite thriving individually, we watched support systems dissolve the moment students left campus. Alumni networks remained siloed by school, mentorship pipelines collapsed, and access to professional opportunity fragmented just as it was most needed. There was no national, identity-centered infrastructure to carry students forward beyond boarding school.

So we built one.

Founded and operated by boarding school alumni, BSC was created to ensure that access to boarding school also means access to lifelong community. What began as a shared understanding of a missing support layer has grown into a national effort to connect students and alumni across schools, regions, industries, and generations.

Our story is rooted in a simple belief: isolated success should never stay isolated. When scholars are connected across time and institutions, their collective power compounds, creating pathways to leadership, confidence, and long-term opportunity.