
We all deserve spaces that reflect, support, challenge, affirm, and celebrate who we are and all we are capable of becoming.
- Quo Johnson

“A talented and gifted speaker, practitioner, and healer, Quo is a true leader in the field. As the Opera industry continues to redefine itself in the 21st century, Quo is the guiding light we all should have at the helm of our ships.”
- Afton Battle, BGM Consulting and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Strengthening shared belonging in organizations and communities through transformational, human-centered experiences.
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Quo Johnson serves with a mission to connect, heal, and shift organizational cultures and relationships. Join the Connect. Heal. Shift. Community™ and engage in transformational, human-centered approaches to getting the work done.

Engagements, News, & Articles
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Quo’s Writing
The Fulcrum | August 2024: “This is How You Create a Courageous Workplace”
Medium | February 2024: “A Letter to Black People in Opera”
Visible Magazine | January 2024: “Why Racial Healing Is A Must For Everyone”
Medium | January 2024: “What New Orleans Opera’s Announcement Represents and Why the Field is Responding”
New Thinking Magazine | July 2023: “Equity: A Journey Through Time and Space”
Opera Conference 2025
OPERA America | Memphis, TN | May 20 - 23, 2025
Opera Conference is the world’s most influential gathering or opera producers. Taking place May 20–23 in Memphis, Tennessee, this year's conference will challenge the industry to envision a new future for opera as an art form and a business. Attendees will explore the big topics in the industry through Plenary Sessions, collaborative Working Groups and Roundtable Discussions, a New Works Pitch Session, Member Presentations, and a new Co-Production Assembly.
Quodesia “Quo” Johnson returns as facilitator, presenter, healing practitioner, and social justice advisor of OPERA America. Quo will lead carefully curated sessions and experiences, including interactive workshops and a post-tour racial healing and dialogue circle at the National Civil Rights Museum.
The OpEd Project | Public Voices Fellow
Quodesia D. Johnson is one of 20 Dallas-based thought leaders who will participate in the 2023 Cohort of the Dallas Public Voices Fellowship. The intensive three-month fellowship will provide twenty of the city’s most promising women thought leaders with extraordinary support, journalist coaches, leadership skills, and knowledge to ensure their ideas shape their fields and the greater public conversations of our age.
The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship is part of a prestigious national initiative to change who writes history. Partners include Yale, Dartmouth, Northwestern, The Ford Foundation, and more.
Projects & Collaborations