Yvette is a lifelong Episcopalian, who grew up in Long Island, NY. She attended St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, where her father has been serving as the Deacon for over 25 years. From an early age, Yvette has been involved in the church as a Junior Daughter of King and a Daughter of King; on most Sundays she could be found serving as an acolyte, singing in the youth choir, and attending youth group. Church was always an important part of her life growing up, so it was important for her to find a church community where her daughter could have the same opportunity to learn and grow in faith.
Yvette, her husband Thomas, and daughter Morgan moved to Raleigh from New York in 2012. Shortly after moving here they set out to find a church home and found Church of the Nativity. At Nativity, Yvette serves as a Lay Eucharist Minister, and also served on the Capital Campaign Committee. Recently, her daughter Morgan started serving as an acolyte, and currently participates in Youth Formation.
Outside of church, Yvette is currently the Family Court Administrator for Wake County, where she supervises the Judicial Support Staff for the current sitting judges in Wake County District Courts’ Family Court Program. Yvette has worked in the court system for over 21 years: in Bronx Supreme Court in NY, as a Domestic Violence Coordinator for 11 years, and now here in Raleigh for the last 10 years working for Family Court Program as a Court Coordinator, and now as the Family Court Administrator.
Yvette is excited to serve Church of the Nativity as a vestry member, and looks forward to what this journey will bring.