Yvonne Pierre is an award-winning writer and the author of the book, The Day My Soul Cried. She has also written, produced and directed the stage play Then You Stand and penned the award-winning short film, Never Alone. She has also launched the inspirational website Have Ya Heard in 2005 and hosts her own syndicated talk show, “The Yvonne Pierre Show,” launched in 2007 on Blog Talk Radio (). In 2009, Yvonne’s show was featured as one of The Most Inspirational Shows on Blog Talk Radio. That same year, Yvonne was one of 35 women featured on the Oxygen Channel’s “Live Out Loud” campaign. In 2013, she was awarded “Best Short Film” at the annual Georgia Entertainment Gala. Later this year, she will be receiving an award for her advocacy at the Strut Awards hosted by Strut Magazine. Yvonne has been featured on numerous radio shows, magazines and TV talk shows. She holds four degrees: two Associates in Accounting and Business Management, Bachelors in Marketing and an Executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA).