Generation X (born 1964 - 1981)
 
Yolanda Bogan was born in Marion County, Florida. Her mother is a retired math teacher from the Sarasota County Public School System who was attracted to her field by a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholarship offered in response to Sputnik from the United States of America not wanting to fall behind in technology. Her father was in the U.S. Airforce and a city employee in Jacksonville, Florida. Both of her parents were born and reared in Marion County, FL. 
 
Yolanda spent her childhood in Sarasota County, Florida, where her life revolved around school and church. Her parents divorced when she was a toddler. When she was seven years old, her mother married a school principal and Baptist minister who was a very influential stepfather. Attending predominantly white schools, Yolanda was greatly encouraged by her parents in her educational endeavors. During high school, her family moved to nearby Manatee County. Yolanda graduated from Palmetto High School as senior class president and a member of the National Honor Society. She was active in 4H, piano, dance, and singing and was the yearbook editor and a member of the Tigerettes band dance troupe. Yolanda also competed in pageants and was crowned Miss Black Sarasota County and Miss Black Manatee County.
 
A professor of psychology and licensed psychologist, Dr. Bogan began college in Atlanta, Georgia to try something new  and decidedly at a different institution from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, where most of her family attended. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Emory University where she pledged Delta Sigma Theta Inc sorority, founded a gospel choir, and studied abroad in Europe. She began her doctoral program at the University of Georgia and completed an internship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.  Shortly before earning her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in clinical psychology, Yolanda married her college sweetheart, a graduate of Morehouse College.  The professional couple moved to Savannah, Georgia where Yolanda opened a private practice and in quick succession had two sons. Longing to be near family, the couple moved to Tallahassee, Florida and shortly afterwards had another son. Professionally, Yolanda earned tenure and promotion to professor of psychology at the institution which her family holds a long legacy, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. She distinguished herself as an excellent grant-writer and is responsible for garnering over $5,000,000 in external funding in the fields of women's health, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, behavioral health workforce development, financial literacy, and Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. In addition, she served as the Director of Counseling Services for over ten years and was subsequently appointed as an associate dean. She is currently the Director of Research and Assessment for the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. She also is the CEO/Owner of Dr. Yolanda Bogan & Associates, a culturally competent psychotherapy practice.
 
Yolanda describes her most significant life accomplishments as earning tenure and promotion to professor at her mother's alma mater, Florida A&M University, and having a loving marriage of almost three decades. 
 
She enjoys reading, traveling, chocolate and her Labradoodle, Darcie.
 
Yolanda is married to The Honorable Linzie F. Bogan, an administrative law judge. She adores being married to her college sweetheart and being the mother of three outstanding young men who are grounded in their faith, cultural identity and love of family. The couple is proud to have two sons who serve as Navy officers via the Navy ROTC programs at Vanderbilt University and Hampton University and one son who is a college student at Tuskegee University. They also have a daughter-in-law who is a psychiatry resident at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville