21
WINTER 2025
edUardo Pardo-shonTZ
Laboratory technician
Benefitted from Bonner partner program and received pre-college mentoring from Bonner Scholars
WHERE HE STARTED: Trenton
Central High School, unsure he'd go
to college
THE BONNER PARTNER THAT
CHANGED HIS MIND: Bridge to
Employment, a college and career
readiness program supported by
Johnson & Johnson Foundation
TCNJ CONNECTION: Through BTE,
Pardo-Shontz met weekly with
Bonner Scholars and J&J mentors
for SAT preparation, college essay
writing, and immersive experiences
in science and health care.
FIRST TIME HE FELT LIKE A
SCIENTIST: At a BTE global
conference with Bonners, he and his
team had to develop a new product.
"We came up with a biodegradable
Band-Aid."
END GOAL: First-generation college
grad with a degree in biology from
Farleigh Dickinson University, May
2024. "Bonners showed me science
was doable."
ON BEING A LAB TECH: "I like the
fast-paced environment and being
able to help people."
bonner's iMPaCT
About
100
bonner sCholars volUnTeer
with more than
20
CoMMUniTy ParTners
annually
21
WINTER 2025
