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By Lou Hebert

“I enjoy getting up each morning and advocating for older adults,” Johnson said.

She plans to pursue some new opportunities to help seniors after her “retirement.”

Johnson explains her motivation likely has roots in her upbringing when she and her brother were raised by her grandmother.

“When my grandmother and great grandmother were quilting, my brother and I would get under the quilting table and listen to them talk,” Johnson said. “We'd listen to their stories and I developed a fondness for them as awesome individuals.”

Often, they would speak of their money hardships and struggles of growing older. From that experience as a child, she felt as if perhaps she was destined to help the elderly.

“I didn't realize it in my early years, but I did later,” Johnson said. “It was my calling. I was blessed.”