Yvette is currently serving as the Director for the Rio Grande Area Agency on Aging (AAA), a division of the Rio Grande Council of Governments located in El Paso, Texas. She has been an employee of the Council of Governments since March 2002. 

Yvette was originally hired with the AAA as the Caregiver Support Program Coordinator, was promoted to Programs Manager, and then was promoted to serve in her current position as Director. Yvette is also a Past President of the Texas Association of Area Agencies on Aging, which Is an association of the 28 Area Agencies on Aging in Texas. She has been employed in social services since 1996, where she has worked with several client populations ranging from children to older adults. 

Yvette is a graduate of Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and the University of Texas at Arlington with a Master of Science degree in Social Work. Yvette is also a Licensed Master Social Worker in the state of Texas.