Yvette joined the NDIA team in summer 2021. She became passionate about digital equity during her six years as the communications director of Byte Back, where she led the Washington, DC-based organization’s branding, thought leadership, and media strategy. Previously, she worked with an LGBTQ youth capacity-building organization and taught English in Madrid for five years while doing freelance journalism. Yvette earned her bachelor’s in journalism and Spanish, summa cum laude, from the University of Arkansas. An active advocate for digital and IRL equity, Yvette also volunteers as co-chair of the Rainbow Youth Alliance advisory council in Maryland. In 2020, Yvette was named a DC RealLIST Connector by Technical.ly DC, and she was awarded a 2021 Queer Women of Washington Award by the Washington Blade and the Mayor’s Office on Woman’s Policy and Initiatives.