Yolonda Kay grew up on a lovely country farm of almost 400 acres in Ohio and spent her childhood jotting down stories in composition notebooks while fueled by a diet rich of stories by Austen, Disney, Cameron, Hemingway, and Speilburg. When not writing - or dreaming of the day when her writing would come to life on the big screen - she spent her time wandering the farm, and adjacent woodlands, taking photographs and playing with every animal possible. 

Her love for animals spilled into adulthood. With the hope of someday working with them, she pursued a B.S in Animal Biology - with dual concentrations in wildlife conservation and environmental studies - after earning her A.A.S in Forensic Science. She married the love of her life at 25 and spent 15 years working environmental compliance and conservation for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 
Having reached a point in her life where she no longer wanted her creative skills to be mere hobbies, but rather her lifeblood, Yolonda combined her love of animals and storytelling by founding Gone Wild For Wildlife in 2020. GWFW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on educating, inspiring, and shedding light on vital wildlife conservation efforts to readers around the globe.

Yolonda's storytelling can be found in many publications, most recently her works of fiction.

To learn more about Yolonda's nonprofit, Gone Wild For Wildlife, please visit the website below.
http://www.gonewildforwildlife.org. 

The Conservation Work