Yvonne was born in Texas and raised in Southern California. The daughter of a Bolivian mother and a Haitian father, she speaks Spanish fluently. She majored in Theatre at El Camino College in Torrance, California and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, Long Beach in 2009. In May 2013, she received her Masters in Fine Arts (for Acting) from the University of South Carolina.
Some of her favorite stage roles have been Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and Mrs.Gibbs in Our Town.