Kimberly P. Johnson

Dr. Kimberly P. Johnson is a children’s author and educator. She is the author of 22 children’s books such as "Brees Beautiful Braids" and "The Adventures of the Itty Bitty..." series. Johnson is a creative thinker and has a passion for teaching and helping others. She serves as a contracted course facilitator at Harvard University, has taught doctoral classes at Northeastern University, and currently teaches at Clemson University and Clinton College. She also designs and implements professional development trainings under her Every Day C.O.A.C.H.E.S.™ educational platform.

Kimberly has received numerous Community awards to include the Paul Harris Fellow Award given by Rotary International for her work in literacy, the York County Citizen of the year Award, the Walker Solomon Award from the South Carolina Educators Association, the Omega Psi Phi Perseverance Award, the Carl Carpenter Gold Heart Award for Community and Educational Contributions and the National Heritage Award.

Her book "No Fear For Freedom: The Story of the Friendship 9" gained national and international recognition when she spearheaded the efforts to have the sentences overturned for a group of men, The Friendship 9, who conducted a sit-in in 1961 at a segregated lunch counter in Rock Hill, SC.

​Kimberly is an Ambassador for The King Center in Atlanta and a program collaborator for Dr. Bernice A. King, the last living daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She is a curriculum design specialist for the King Center in Atlanta and is a team member with their nonviolence camps and trainings.

Kimberly received her doctorate in curriculum, teaching, and leadership from Northeastern University in Boston, MA and also holds a Master’s Degree from Clemson University, in Youth Development and Leadership. Kimberly has an Early Childhood Education Degree and a Communications Degree from UNC, Chapel Hill.