During her academic career she visited a nonprofit organization that was aimed at at-risk youth.  More often than not these children had been involved in some way in the juvenile justice system.  A lot of this was a product of what they had been exposed to throughout their young lives by their parents.  They acted this way because this is all that they have known.  There needs to be a program that gets to the root of the situation. By empowering young mothers and getting them on the right track these children will see that there is another lifestyle and they can succeed.  Also while working as an Assistant Public Defender she began to see the same thing over and over again - young mothers, often women of color with few job skills. The Judge would attempt to give them a second chance by allowing them to serve probation but the women would inevitably fail because they do not have childcare to attend the classes or complete community service, do not have the money to pay the fees that are associated with probation, and often no family support system.  She also saw children in shackles in juvenile court because there are no positive role models in their lives. 

Through this organization Attorney Johnson hopes to be a mentor and inspiration to these young women, while breaking the cycle of teenage pregnancy and juvenile delinquency and reducing the recidivism rate of female offenders.