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Ja:goh Violet Johnson

Submitted by Teresa Pelletier

Violet Johnson, daughter of Jason Johnson – wolf clan, is a sophomore at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is double majoring in International Relations with a concentration in Security as well as Russian and East European studies. In high school, Violet was repeatedly on the Honor Roll, inducted to the National Honor Society, elected president/vice president of several clubs, created and ran a walk-a-thon to benefit organizations against child abuse. While maintaining her studies, she was also accepted to the highly competitive Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy or FLEYA, where she spent a week at Yale University learning from Yale Police officers, FBI agents, and other local/state/government law agencies. In her senior year, Violet was accepted to the Nationally recognized Questbridge scholars’ program which gives highly academic, 1st generation, low-income students a chance to apply to highly competitive universities. Even though Violet is now a college student, she continues to be active in this program as a mentor to High School students who are now themselves going through the process.

Violet Johnson

During her freshman year, Violet was accepted as a student consultant for the largest student consultancy in the world, 180 Degrees Consulting, made the Spring of 2021 Dean’s List, and was chosen to take the position of Secretary-General of the Tufts University Model United Nations (or TUMUN) 2022 conference. Recently, Violet has been chosen to be a participant in Princeton University’s Prospective PhD Preview or P3 program.

Violet is the daughter of Jason & Amy Johnson, Granddaughter of Teri and Delmar Pelletier, and Great Granddaughter of Marlene and Gordon Johnson.