Dr. Helen Bond is a university professor in the School of Education at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the United States of America. She is also a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar to India, co-chair of The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN USA), and faculty liaison to the Center for African Studies at Howard University. Her work with SDSN-USA ties with Howard’s mission of empowering students toward creating a sustainable and more equitable future. With a Ph.D. in Human Development, Bond authored Making Peace with Children in Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa published by Springer's prestigious publishing house. Bond conducted a research study with The Smithsonian Science Education Center and the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Initiative focusing on students' changing attitudes towards sustainability. The study was featured at the 2023 Smithsonian National Education Summit. Bond also co-authored in conjunction with UNESCO’s Section of Education for Sustainable Development, Trash Hack Action Learning for Sustainable Development. UNESCO’s Trash Hack campaign in partnership with the Foundation for Environmental Education encourages young people to take action against waste to promote sustainable development. Trash Hack Action Learning is translated in multiple languages and implemented in UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet). Bond also collaborated with the Education for Justice (E4J) initiative that seeks to promote a culture of lawfulness through education activities designed for primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsors the E4J initiative which received the Secretary-General of the United Nation’s 2020 Innovation Award. In 2024, Bond was invited by the International Centre for UNESCO ASPnet (ICUA) based in Hainan, China to serve on their Expert Committee and participate with their campaign “Collaborating to Improve and Protect our Planet (CIPP).”