About the Author
Dorothy D. Johnson graduated from the
Georgetown University, Washington D.C. in 1982 with a Master of Arts in
Demography/Population Statistics. She has worked several years in the Population Division of the Ministry of
Planning and Economic Affairs, Liberia, as
Senior Research Officer and Project Coordinator of the Liberian Demographic and Health Survey. She also worked for the UNFPA as Programme Officer. She currently resides in Massachusetts with her family.