Iolanda was born in Shreveport, LA and began life growing up in a household of domestic violence. Today she is a successful career woman, wife and mother of three. The journey in between is a tale of depression, co-dependency, suicidal thoughts, a stay in a mental hospital, abortion, four miscarriages, and Hurricane Katrina survival.
As a result of Iolanda’s personal experience with survival on the battlefield of life, she founded Personal Empowerment Enterprises, LLC and became a professional speaker, author, and mentor in order to show others how to survive their own battles in life and is considered to be “America’s Personal Survival Expert”.