Johnson earned her B.A. from Marymount University in 2009. Her professional experience includes being the owner of Wonda Johnson Consulting, as an executive staff assistant for the Navajo Nation office of the president and vice president from 2011 to 2013, as a convention and events director for the National Indian Education Association from 2004 to 2011, and as an intergovernmental liaison and consultant for special projects for the Arizona State Governor’s Office from 1992 to 2003.