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Yvonne currently residing in Hamilton, Georgia was born and raised in the city of Paterson, New Jersey. She attended Rosa Parks Performing Arts School and Eastside High School as seen in the movie “LEAN ON ME” which is noted for the impact Mr. Joe Clarke (principal) played by Morgan Freeman had by removing negative influences that plagued the school.
She worked for a circulation firm for “The New York Times” newspaper for 11 years as a training and recruiting senior manager where managed and trained thousands of people during her career. She founded “Emerged Greatness” in 1999 which is an organization that travels across the country conducting seminars and workshops for all ages of youth, young adults to help ignite vision, impact lives through powerful words of motivation and inspiration, stir potential and promote positive decision making tips.
Yvonne uses her life experience of hardship, pitfalls and having to overcome adversity as a platform to encourage individuals to be all that they can be despite their current situations or present dilemmas. Yvonne’s past and future success has inspired millions of people. She is the author of 4 books, 3 of her books are currently in Barnes & Nobles, and she also hosted a TV talk show for community access television in Paterson New Jersey for the Division of Recreation highlighting community youth. She interviewed famous sports celebrities such as……. Allen Iverson, Tracy “T-Mac” McGrady, Jermaine O’Neal, Vince Carter, Tim Thomas and many, many more.
Yvonne has been featured in magazines, newspapers, featured news stories and talk shows across the country sharing her passion and her purpose to reach youth and young adults introducing and leading them to better choices.
She was recently named most valuable speaker for MONSTER.com as the #1 speaker where she currently travels as an independent, professional speaker presenting educational information all over the country to millions of people.
Her motto is ...“It’s not about your start; it’s all about your finish ...so finish BIG”.
