Her Story
About Yvonne
Yvonne Green is a consultant specializing in education consulting. With over 30 years in the education field, she began her career as a school social worker in the New York City public school system before moving to Washington, DC, to work with that school system. She has also consulted for various education organizations and worked with Broward County Public Schools. Green earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana, and her master's degree in social work from Hunter College School of Social Work in New York. She furthered her expertise with a certificate in organizational development from Georgetown University, a certificate in training, a certificate in executive project management from Florida Atlantic University, and a strategic intervention program through the Madonna's Training Center associated with Tony Robbins. Green attributes her success to God providing a sense of adventure and the cycle of opportunities that foster self-awareness and mastery. She values putting God first, operating with honor, pursuing excellence, and bringing beauty to her work and personal life. Among the career advice she shares is to take opportunities as they arise, even if undefined, as they may reveal new paths.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Yvonne
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to God giving me a sense of adventure and the opportunities that come my way. Opportunities produce self-awareness that produces mastery and create that cycle. I love to have mastery and discover new areas that interest me.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Take the opportunities as they come to you. You may not know if this is what you want to do, but take the opportunity and explore. If it's not, then you can always say it wasn't for me. Sometimes your path is hidden in those undefined opportunities.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge is the abundance of opportunities for students and the absence of either excitement or awareness about these opportunities. Students seem not to be aware of or know the value of the opportunities that they have and lose time-sensitive opportunities.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I want God first. I want to have excellence. I want to have beauty. If you do excellent work, there's beauty in it. I want to operate with honor at all times. Put God first, operate with honor, bring excellence, and enjoy beauty or bring beauty, then I'm balanced.
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