Education
After her childhood and youth as a military brat, Johnson attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1997 and was commissioned as a United States Air Force officer
After her childhood and youth as a military brat, Johnson attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1997 and was commissioned as a United States Air Force officer
She appeared in her first competition in the year 1998, taking a year off when she was assigned for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing of Yugoslavia. A resident of Renton, Washington, Johnson works as a personal trainer, a coach for physique competitors, as well as a promoter for the National Physique Committee, co-promoting the Vancouver Natural Bodybuilding and Tanji Johnson Fitness/Figure Classic competitions covering Pacific Northwest. She also participated in 2008 television series American Gladiators.
Johnson is a "muscular Christian" and she has a younger sister named Safiya who is an IFBB pro bikini competitor.