Rossy Sierra

Rossy’s Bonderman journey is rooted in a desire to explore how community is created, protected, and expressed in everyday life. As the child of Mexican immigrants, she has experienced how food, music, and dance can carry identity across generations. By traveling independently, she hopes to learn who she becomes without relying on familiar support systems while also observing how communities navigate history and policy in subtle, lived ways. She is drawn to the quiet acts of resilience that appear in daily life, in shared meals, local traditions, and collective spaces. Through her journey across Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, Rossy hopes to develop a stronger sense of self while learning how communities sustain themselves on their own terms.