Jerome Carlos Johnson is a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Texas. He is a 1986 honors graduate of Green B. Trimble Technical High School. He received an Associate of Applied Sciences in Management from Tarrant County College, in addition to an Associate of Applied Sciences in Marketing. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Johnson is very active in his community. He is a proud resident of the Highland Hills community, where his family has resided for 53 years. Johnson currently serves as President of the Highland Hills Neighborhood Association, a role he has held since 2015.

Additionally, Johnson is actively involved in several local committees and boards, including:

Chair, Tarrant County Homeless Coalition Board of Directors
Member, City of Fort Worth Community Action Partners Advisory Board
Member, Housing Channel Board of Directors
Member, Edward J. Briscoe Elementary School Site Based Decision Making Team
Former Chairman, City of Fort Worth Community Development Council
Former Member, Tarrant County Homelessness Continuum of Care Board of Directors (Co-Chair of Allocations Committee)
Former Member, Parenting Center Board of Directors
Former Chairman of Community Leadership Team, Southeast Fort Worth Healthier Communities Initiative
Former Executive Director, Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church.

Johnson is the former host of the Opening Eyes and Opening Minds radio talk show on Fishbowl Radio Network, and currently is co-host of Talk of Life Show with Elma.

In 2016, Johnson founded the Lockett Family Charitable Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization named in honor of his maternal grandparents, Leroy "Red" Lockett and Magnolia Williams-Lockett. Since the inception of Lockett Foundation, the organization has provided winter coats to over 750 children and teens in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Lockett Foundation also stocks food pantries on the campuses of two elementary schools in Fort Worth, Texas.
Johnson is happily married to Debra Walton-Johnson, a longtime banking professional. Together, they have two children, Julian and Zaria.