As a scientist turned humanitarian, Mark J. Johnson has belabored global health and agronomic modalities in the developing and non-developed world, with a geopolitical focus in Colombia and various Sub-Saharan African states. Mark has studied international agriculture at Oklahoma State University with a concentration in agricultural economics, as well as graduate studies in biomedical engineering at Harvard. Currently, Mark is a doctoral student at Columbia University, Teachers College and is curating an algorithm that could elucidate violence participation in vulnerable populations. Mark has served as a Special Adviser to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a contributing editor for UNESCO, WHO, Colombia Reports, & Culture Lab Foundation; and has consulted for a host of governments, agencies, and private firms.