Yvette recounts growing up in Brittany Hills in Columbus, being a first generation college graduate, her 11 years spent as a jurist highlighted by her service as the first African American woman to serve on the Ohio Supreme Court, building The Center of Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, sneaking into the governor’s mansion, education reform, and the current state of politics.

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