Mary Johnson is a writer and director of A Room of Her Own Foundation. She worked and served with the Missionaries of Charity, the order of nuns founded by Mother Teresa, for twenty years before leaving the order. She is now a writer and a public speaker and a supporter of women's rights in the arts.Johnson's first book, "An Unquenchable Thirst: A Memoir," was published in 2013.Johnson received her B.A. in English from Lamar University and her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.