Jonathon "Jack-Jack" Benjamin is a veteran of the US Air Force. He graduated from the George Washington University in May 2018, Magna Cum Laude, with a major in Theatre and a minor in Creative writing, concentrating on Playwriting. Raised in Fort Lewis, Washington, he enlisted in the military not long after high school. When he sustained an injury while on active-duty, Jack-Jack was medically retired from the Air Force and later enrolled at the George Washington University. During his senior year, his first play, American Airman, was awarded the Clayssen’s Award for Undergraduate playwriting and was further honored as a finalist at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival in January 2018. He intends to pursue the art of theatre, specifically focusing on his playwriting.
In May 2022, Jonathon published his first book, American Airman, a memoir of a wounded veteran. The book won the Maxy Award for Best Memoir of 2022.