Gender, Faith, & Culture

LaDawn Johnson

MSW studied at USC where she focused on Latino Street Gangs and Religious Symbolism/Education and Mental Health. She worked as a Psychiatric Social Worker with LAUSD in the lowest performing schools in Los Angeles. It was in this capacity that she continued to study issues of race, class, gender and violence against the multicultural backdrop of the city. Interacting with several local and governmental agencies to address growing issues of human trafficking, poverty, gang violence, and prostitution. Her publications and efforts have brought her invitations from international agencies, most recently the "International Forum on Gender-based Violence and the Status of Women" in Kigali, Rwanda. Mrs. Prieto Johnson lives with her husband and two dogs in southern California.