Yolanda is a Registered Nurse, having worked in labor and delivery and N.I.C.U. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Management from Regent University in 2004, then graduated from Liberty University with a Master’s in Human Services & Counseling. Yolanda attended the University of Maryland, earning a Certificate in Working with Survivors of Violence, Trauma and Torture. In 2022, she completed a Doctorate program for Counseling and Trauma from Liberty University.

Yolanda served as a member of Delaware’s Human Trafficking Coordinating Council and was Co-Chair of the Victim Services Committee from 2015-2017. She currently serves on the Governor’s Council (DATAC) as the State’s Victim Services advocate as well as the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. She has assisted in the passage of legislation since 2014, trained more than 15,000 professionals in the last 10 years, and is currently working on building the infrastructure in the state to serve minors who have been trafficked. Yolanda has served as Founder and Executive Director of Zoë Ministries, Inc. since 2012, when the organization received 501©3 status. For the past several years, she has spent her time engaged in prevention for youth, public awareness, professional training and education to bring the reality of trafficking to the forefront in Delaware. The organization is fully licensed and will open the state’s first and only therapeutic residential program for trafficked girls ages 12-17 in the Spring of 2025, serving youth nationwide.