INVESTING IN OUR INDUSTRY


Construction Education Friend Award Winner


Turner’s Bianca Johnson Built a Career on Giving Back to Community, Building Up the Local Construction Workforce


BY CAROL EATON F


or as long as she can remember Bianca Johnson has felt a ca to give back and make


ence in her community.


As a first-generation Ameri Francisco native, and the onl Filipino immigrants, Johnson


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nior director of community &ci zenship for Turner Construction in Northern California – was shaped by her cultur and resilience.


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Growing up in downtow San SanFran- cisco’s Tenderloin district, Johnson didndidn’’t just witness community challllenge she lived alongside them. From an early age, she learned what it meant t na independence, diverse communities, dev


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and responsibility, all while developing mem er off Bu a deep commitment to giving back. “I was exposed to a lot and it forced me to be independent at a ve


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age,” recalled Johnson, noting that she became a regular volunteer at St. An thony’s Foundation and other local nonprofit organizations growing up. “But it also gave me perspectitive, and I knew early on that I wanted to be a part of my community and have influence over what was happening there.”


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Mandela Training Center, and through her ongoing work with Girls Garage, ACE Mentor, and a variety of other workforce development organizations and com- munity nonprofits. Tis spring, the AGC Construction Ed-


ucation Foundation (AGC CEF) honored Bianca Johnson with its prestigious 2026 Construction Education Friend Award, recognizing her significant achievements to empower and inspire the next gen- eration of construction professionals.


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