 While working at the Daily News of Newburyport, he was recruited by David Sokol of Ogden Corporation, New York, to develop community relations and marketing strategies for the company and serve as its spokesman.Shortly after Massachusetts permitted same-sex marriage, Coco married Genesio J. Oliveira, Jr. in 2005.Coco and Oliveira, a citizen of Brazil, met in 2002 while the latter was visiting Boston, Massachusetts.