About

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou

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Life has a way of waking us up and allowing us to realize that we are either on the right track or headed into a terrible road of destruction. The thing about life is we are sometimes given numerous opportunities to get ourselves together or allow our experiences or even traumatic encounters to dictate our reality. This at one time was the way of life for Chiquita Johnson, the now host and founder of “Chronicles of a Virgo” podcast and blog.

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A Baltimore native, Chiquita grew up full of life, loving to laugh and spend time with friends and loved ones while also facing many dark moments of physical and sexual abuse that was hidden away for many years. This laughing kid soon began to feel like an outsider and found that it was hard to fit in many spaces let alone be heard by anyone that would have the time to listen. Chiquita found joy in nurturing and caring for her younger sisters while also spending time with her grandmother. Chiquita began playing basketball going into middle school where she became one of the most athletic and aggressive players! This was Chiquita’s way to cope with some of the darkness in her life, but also became one of her favorite hobbies that soon led to many opportunities.

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Chiquita went on to play basketball throughout school and at a colligate level where she suffered a career ending injury while attending the College of Notre Dame of MD. She was able to navigate through many cloudy layers of life while enduring many ups and downs, but always drawing her faith and praise to God and never giving up. In 2012, Chiquita was able to graduate from the University of MD University College with her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and in 2014 obtained her Masters degree from Liberty University in Human Services Counseling and Criminal Justice. Chiquita allowed her life experiences and circumstances to shape her career and educational interest which also allowed her the opportunity to hold numerous positions throughout the state of MD in Mental health, Substance abuse and many other avenues. Chiquita also and still is an advocate for women and children of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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So, you ask, how did we get here today in which Chiquita Johnson is now running her own podcast and blog?

After enduring her own share of traumatic encounters and dealing with her own share of personal mental health issues, Chiquita wanted to deepen her healing while also trying to help and encourage others to do the same. In 2019 after another suicidal attempt, Chiquita decided to start her own blog to clear the air about things she had endured, but to also encourage others to never give up on themselves. Chiquita is a true testament of not giving up on yourself and how when true healing takes place in your life it opens new doors and opportunities to explore in life.

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Chiquita created “Chronicles of a Virgo” podcast as a space of healing and motivation not only for herself, but for others. Through her journey, she has experienced some great loses and health issues, but she has continued to stand in her power and recreate the life that she now knows she fully deserves and uses her voice and platform to uplift others. Chronicles of a Virgo podcast launched in January of 2022 and has been able to touch the lives of many individuals from many countries and people from all different backgrounds. Chiquita has been able to hold space with people from different walks of life and all have a story; a story to tell and a story that has allowed them to pour back into others.