- 1994 Sundance Fellow.
- Graduated from high school at age 16
- Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
- Received a certificate in Cinema Production from Los Angeles City College in 2003.
- Completed her college education in 3 years, graduating with honors from NYU at the age of 20.
- Her stage play, "Mommy Loves You" (1989) is mentioned in the book African American Theatre: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Samuel A. Hay.
- Received an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles in December of 2008.
- Debut novel, Remedy For a Broken Angel, published June 10, 2014, Nortia Press.
- Her novel Remedy For a Broken Angel was nominated for a 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author.
- Johnson's stage play "Gramercy Park is Closed to the Public" was produced by The New York Stage and Film Company during their summer Powerhouse Theatre Festival in 1999. The production starred Nicole Ari Parker, David Warshovsky, and Eddie Cahill. It was directed by Judy Minor.
- Johnson's autobiographical novella Homegoing won Accents Publishing's inaugural novella contest and was released in May of 2021.
- Winner of the 2021 Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction for her linked story collection Light Skin Gone to Waste selected and edited by Roxane Gay.
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