Entrepreneur. Mayo was born January 25, 1979, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Her father, a neurosurgeon who worked for the Veterans Administration, and her mother, an accountant, ended up equally accomplished pianists. Johnson inherited her parents' musical talents, starting to perform the violin critically at the age of nine. Johnson also shown flashes of her upcoming entrepreneurial spirit as a child. She crafted purses out of oatmeal containers and potholders, heading door-to-door to market them to her neighbors.How STDs Impact Pregnant Women and Their Babies