J.J. Johnson is an educator and author. She grew up in a small town in central New York and attended Binghamton University, where she studied History and began her ongoing solidarity and social-justice activism.

After working with teens in service-learning projects, J.J. continued her education, earning a Master of Education from Harvard University, concentrating on adolescent risk and prevention, with a focus on systems of oppression, harm repair, and social justice.

She is the author of THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENT, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, and BELIEVAREXIC (all from Peachtree Publishers). Her books have won numerous awards and have been translated into six languages. She also writes on Substack -- Notes from an Unruly Quaker.

J.J. loves to meander, read, hike, dance, laugh, and eat. She provides academic support coaching at a micro high school and is dedicated to radical compassion, nonviolence, and restorative justice. She lives with her husband, son, and rescued dog in North Carolina; her mother lives next door. There are lots of flowers and a Little Free Library in their front yard.