Leonard Jones

Leonard’s Bonderman travels will prioritize regions with rapidly changing biological and cultural ecosystems. A student of biology, he seeks to understand how different regions and cultures navigate the balance between sustaining the human population and maintaining healthy ecosystems as reflected in their national parks. His Bonderman itinerary will take him through South and Southeast Asia, as well as Central and West Africa. In West Africa he seeks to explore the cultural origins and reticulate influences of Black American culture through rhythm and blues.