Advocate
RESULTS
Yolanda Gordon is a mother of three and advocate from Tega Cay, South Carolina. She is responsible for the RESULTS Fellowship, which provides intense advocacy training for young advocates ages 20-30.
Gordon began her work in advocacy in the disability community advocating for her two children on the autism spectrum. She educated herself on special education law and worked for nonprofits that supported families with children with disabilities while she attended college, raised her children and worked on state and federal policies. She has been a RESULTS volunteer for nine years. She has served as one of their experts on poverty for the past five years, using her voice to raise awareness about her lived experience with safety-net programs. Gordon has served on many committees in her state including as president of the board of the Arc of South Carolina.