Yolanda is the CISA Cybersecurity State Coordinator (CSC) for Florida with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) assigned to Federal Region IV. Region IV encompasses eight states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky. CISA is the Nation’s risk advisor, the Agency protects the Nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats by working with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborating to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future. As a CSC, Yolanda is tasked with presenting the federal government’s catalog of cyber capabilities to State and local governments, schools, hospitals, and other organizations. CSCs are the front-facing cyber experts supporting regional operations capabilities. Yolanda serves as a liaison and focal point for communications, coordination, and outreach. She promotes cyber preparedness and resiliency, incident response, risk mitigation and situational awareness, and manages major cyber engagements, championing cyber resilience to public and private sector partners. Previously, she held positions with the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), where she served as a Cybersecurity Engineer and led the Assessment and Authorizations Branch and with the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) as a Lead System Administrator and IA Manager.