Yvonne is an educator by profession and has experience working in the primary, secondary and further education sectors both in a voluntary capacity and paid employment. Her determination and passion for learning has awarded her a number of qualifications including her most recent 1st class honours degree in English. She sees lifelong learning as an important aspiration that everyone should endeavour to.

As a child, Yvonne was encouraged by her late grandmother to fulfil her potential for writing by having poems published in the local newspapers. Having been brought up in the Caribbean, much of her writing is influenced by the patois dialect of Jamaica. Yvonne is actively involved with her church where she uses her writing skills to create and edit plays and poems. She was a mentor for a sixth form college group that published creative writing and art – in which she has had some writing published. In addition, Yvonne uses social media as an avenue for her writing and has a blog site where she records her thoughts. She has a zest for life and all that it offers which is evident in her life writing. She continues to write her autobiography and other pieces which she hopes to have published in the future. Her experiences are her muse.