Yolanda Murry was born and raised in the MS Delta, small town of Beulah, MS. She graduated high school in 1993 from West Bolivar High School in Rosedale, MS. She later attended Mississippi Delta Community College where she received her LPN certificate and Associate Degree in Nursing in 2004. She later received her Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Alcorn State University. She received her Master’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Delta State University in 2011.  She has been practicing as a Family Nurse Practitioner for 10 years. She practiced 8 years at Delta Health Center in Moorhead, MS before moving to Hernando, MS. She works in private practice at Essential Health & Wellness Clinic in Horn Lake, MS. She is the owner, with only being open since November 2020, she attributes it a blessing to serve during our global pandemic.