Multi-Media
Storyteller,
Educator &
Consultant
Yolande Clark-Jackson is a multi-media creative communicator and consultant who has worked in various areas of publishing. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and is an award-winning personal essayist and author of the award-winning children’s picture book, Rocko's Big Launch.
Yolande has published work on multiple platforms and has experience in writing and editing across industries, including health and wellness, parenting, education, marketing, travel and food & wine.
She has extensive knowledge and background in independent book publishing, journalism, ELA education and curriculum development, and often leads professional development and writing workshops for various schools and arts organizations. She spent 20+ years as a classroom teacher, including a few years at Florida Memorial University as an adjunct English professor.
To help spark the inner storytellers in others, she often hosts low-stakes creative writing events and workshops through her "Wine Down and Write" (WDW) platform she created in 2019.
Schedule a call to inquire about her writing, editing, consulting, workshop facilitation or one-on-one coaching services.
Follow her weekly Substack Between Grief and Joy for a mix of personal reflections, poetry, inspiration and care resources.
Subscribe to her monthly WDW Newsletter for writing prompts, food, wine, travel, and book recommendations.
Check out her published writing portfolio here.
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"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style"
-Maya Angelou
