Jessica Johnson graduated with her Bachelor's and Master's degree from Hampton University in 2001 and 2003. Shortly after graduate school, Jessica began teaching in CMS school as a high school science and math teacher in the Academy of International Studies, before moving back to Virginia to get married and teach 10th-12th grade science for three years in Hampton city schools. She returned in 2008 to North Carolina and has taught biology, anatomy, Math I/ II, and earth science. Jessica currently teaches honors biology, anatomy, and AP biology as she begins her 18th year of teaching. When she is not teaching Jessica has headed up Bradford's middle school student council and been an advisory for students each year. Jessica lives in the Mint Hill area with her husband Carl and their two children Morgan and Mason. She enjoys running, lifting weights, reading, writing children's short stories, and dabbling in trading.