Melissa Jun Rowley

Melissa Jun Rowley

Melissa Jun Rowley[/b] is a journalist and entrepreneur focused on the intersection of social justice and tech, race, gender, and youth advocacy. She currently runs The Toolbox, a site dedicated to spotlighting tools aiding social change and connecting activists and developers, and is writing a book about the power of young people using STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) to transform communities.

Meet Two Sisters Taking On The Ebola Aftermath In West Africa

How two entrepreneurs from Guinea are working with tech companies and the UN to fight the spread of disease.

How NASA Broke The Gender Barrier In STEM

For the first time, half of the astronaut class is women, and now NASA is offering new opportunities for female tech entrepreneurs.

Impact

To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil

High CO2 levels will wreck plants’ nutritional value, so don’t plan on surviving on vegetables

This mobile cinema is helping women in Pakistan learn their rights

Creativity

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

HBO rebukes Trump for tweeting a Game of Thrones meme

Co.Design

The real reason why luxury fashion brands love the art world

Furniture made out of old jeans is way more beautiful than it sounds

This folding chair is more structurally complex than some buildings

Work Life

Running a business helped me recover from burnout. Here’s how

Five things every cover letter needs and one thing to delete

5 surprising lessons I learned when I stopped using social media for a month