Yolanda Prince

Yolanda R. Prince grew up in Tyler with an older brother and a twin sibling.¹ Through her business, she organizes an annual mother and daughter tea that honors her mother's legacy and brings families together.¹

Her education includes public administration and public relations at Stephen F. Austin State University and a master's in public administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.¹ She is a project manager with Prairie View A&M University's Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Smith County.² The center combines research, professional training and community partnerships aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency.³

Prince's community work includes leadership roles with the League of Women Voters, NAACP and Smith County Democratic Party, according to her campaign biography.¹ She has also volunteered with Girl Scouts and Special Olympics, mentored young people and marched in Washington for Voting Rights Act reauthorization.¹

Her platform supports Medicare for All, a federal minimum wage of at least $15 and higher Medicare reimbursements for rural providers.⁴ She also proposes universal school meals and preschool, higher teacher pay and stronger prescription drug price negotiation.⁴ She also advocates a faster, less expensive path to citizenship, adequately staffed immigration courts and ending the use of private, for profit prisons.⁴ Prince faces Republican Nathaniel Moran.⁵