Jonas Telson was born in Germany and raised in Woodstock, New York. Jonas Telson is a graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba. He completed a family medicine residency at the Mid-Hudson Family Medicine Residency Program near his hometown. His training included a commitment to work with the most in-need and disadvantaged members of his community, as well as a dedication to transnational humanitarianism. In his free time, Jonas is rarely found indoors. He spends his time hiking, rock climbing, swimming, and biking. Jonas was a fellow at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico and at Companeros en Salud in Mexico.