
Photo/Emi Kondo
EMI KONDO
Photographer, Filmmaker
San José, Costa Rica
Website: www.emi-kondo.com
Instagram: @la.orquidea.ninja
Emi Kondo is a Costa Rican-Japanese multimedia producer, 2021 National Geographic Explorer, and Multimedia Manager at World Animal Protection International. She has traveled the world to film and photograph animals in the wild, farms, rescued in disaster zones, and undercover at captive animal venues. Her campaign stories and educational short films about conservation and animal welfare have advocated for positive change. She is currently developing a short documentary about the jaguar trade in Bolivia.
Expertise and Skills
Conflict Trained, CPR / First Responder, Writing
Agriculture & Ranching, Climate Change, Humanitarian, Wildfire, Wildlife Crime, Wildlife Rehab
English, Portugese, Spanish
BIPOC, Latinx


