Naomi Johnson Biography

About the Author

Naomi Johnson was born in Newark and raised in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the youngest daughter of Mamie Timmons and the late Fred Johnson. Naomi has two sisters living and one brother who passed away.

She attended the Newark and East Orange school district. After graduated from high school, Naomi went on to college; to receive her A.S. degree in Early Childhood and B.A., majoring in Elementary Education. As she was pursuing her degrees, Naomi worked as a Teacher's Aid and as a Substitute Teacher/Provisional Teacher in the Newark school system. After that, she landed a teaching job at Chade private school as a kindergarten teacher. A few years later, Naomi returned to college to pursue a certification in Teaching with The Handicapped and M.A degree in Teaching with Technology.

While pursuing her Master, she was faced with a horrific car accident that abruptly ended her career. Through her pain and recovery, she found the strength within from her spiritual faith to pursue a career in writing. This prolific writer and illustrator set her mind to venture her talent elsewhere.

She does most of her illustrations and with some help from her son
Deshon. A few of Deshon's artwork and photographs are exhibited in the book.
Later on in life, she started to write poetry after the tragic death of her brother Eugene Richard Bufford
Jr. from gun violence. Due to the death of her brother and her car accident, Naomi fused her two talents to write this book of uplifting poems and illustrations.

Naomi developed at least eight sites. You can find her artwork by Google Naomi Johnson artwork.