Cinda Johnson is the co-author of Perfect Chaos: A Daughter's Journey with Bipolar, A Mother's Struggle to Save Her (St. Martin's Press, 2012) written with her daughter Linea Johnson. She is a professor and the director of the graduate special education program at Seattle University. Dr. Johnson is the principal investigator for the Center for Change in Transition Services. She is a national leader in the area of transition from high school to post-high for young people with disabilities. She has a particular interest and passion for supporting children, adolescents and young people with mental health conditions to assure that they are provided the best opportunity to be successful after leaving high school.