With over 23 years of experience in the medical field dedicated to community navigation, medical case management, and patient care, Yolanda found her passion to serve and educate others through facilitation, coaching, and consulting. 

She has been recognized as one of the top 15 coaches in Columbia, S.C. (influencedigest.com) and is a Certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE). She has traveled across the U.S. consulting, facilitating, and hosting plenaries to lift equity in inequitable spaces.

Yolanda is the President and CEO at Total Grace Consulting, LLC. Serving others by codesigning with organizational and institutional leaders who endeavor to reach the community through grant funded initiatives, and/or tailored, need-based services that prioritize persons with inequities. She also provides professional development and capacity building workshops, promoting strong foundations, and team 

ethics. 

She is the lead author of a PLE Implementation Guide titled;

 Engaging People with Lived Experience of Inequities: Relationship Building (2019). She is also the co-founder of the PLE Institute, dedicated to authentic and meaningful engagement of people facing inequities. As a PLE (People with Lived 

Experience of Inequity) Leader, she has partnered with several agencies to bridge gaps by creating systems change and/or professional development.

Her work with inequities has broadened as she utilizes her certifications in Adult Mental Health First Aid, and certifications provided after extensive training with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). She 

provides education to students, families, and school staff in South Carolina by dispelling myths, and stigmas attached to mental illness.

As the President & CEO of Elevate Coaching & Leadership Academy, LLC, she certifies and credentials life and leadership coaches through instruction and sharing the importance of engaging and enhancing

productive communities, providing direct coaching to include goal setting, creating sustainability, leadership skills, readiness assessments, and structured tools to assist in leading and guiding their client population to achieve their next level of growth. Where experience, expertise, and lived experience combine to develop effective coaches and leaders. 

Total Grace Consulting  reconnects organizations, teams, and communities by providing professional development, meaningful engagement strategies, and capacity building.