While the 26-year-old has become a player to fear and had teammates like Beth Mooney backing her to wear the green and gold one day, there were times she thought she would never reach these heights of these representative squads. 

"There have been points in my career where I've had ups and downs with injuries and with family and personal things," Johnson said.

"So to push through all that adversity and come out the other side a stronger person and athlete, it's good to have that balance at this moment in my life."

Johnson lost her father in 2012 and in the summer that followed, Johnson played just one weekend of cricket in the following two years she didn't represent Queensland once.

From her personal experiences, Johnson knows life is short and that she needs to take every opportunity thrown at her. 

"I've just dug deep and thought I can be a better person, I can be a better cricketer, I can be better in all aspects in life," she said.

The 2017/18 Queensland Fire Player of the Year credits Queensland Cricket and her teammates for helping her during those times. 

"To have that support not only on the park but off the park as well, I'm very grateful for it."

Batting will continue to be a strong focus for Johnson as she heads into the Governor-General's XI especially if she wants to crack into the Australian team with the likes of Mooney, Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning being the openers.

"I don't just want to be a bowler. I've always been a fast bowler and that's been my primary skill so I'm going to hopefully continue to grow my batting," she said.

"With the line up in the Australian team it's going to be hard to crack that top six, I don't expect that but whatever opportunity it is or whatever team I'm playing I just need to keep working on my batting and hopefully keep progressing it."

Watch Johnson take on New Zealand on February 28 at Drummoyne Oval from 1:50pm AEDT.