Yolanda Richardson has been a lecturer in the Organization, Governance, and Management Program of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Aruba since 2010. During her first years at the University, Mrs. Richardson was the coordinator of Professional and Society Practice for the BA programs Social Work and Development and Organization, Governance and Management. Since August 2014, Yolanda has been a full-time faculty member of the Organization, Governance, and Management Program. In her capacity as a lecturer, Mrs. Richardson took the initiative to take students to conferences and educational excursions in Curaçao and Washington DC. Furthermore, she also is a Member OGM Program Committee. Yolanda also holds various teaching certifications including Certificate in Education ('Eerstegraads bevoegdheid' or PdG), Academic learning certificate (ALC), Basic Qualification Technology (BKT), and FAS Minitraining. Her focus on research is in this area of identity, migration, representation of English-speaking Arubans, and in the area of teaching and digitization in education. Furthermore, her research methods center around qualitative research and action research. Mrs. Richardson obtained a degree in Political Science at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. She worked for the Island Territory of St. Maarten and for the National Government of Aruba between 1995 and 2002. She was involved and responsible for the reorganization of different government services in St. Maarten as well as in Aruba. In 2002 after earning a teaching degree Mrs. Richardson went to work for the Community College (EPI) in Aruba at the Department of Health Care and Social Work. In 2008 Mrs. Richardson was on the board of the foundation responsible for the Exposition on the Heritage of Slavery in Aruba. In 2009 she was the curator of the first temporary exposition of the National Archeological Museum Aruba: "Rancho; Nos Bario". Her research was used for the publication of the information and educational booklet for the exposition. In 2017 Mrs. Richardson also supported the research project that led to the publication of the book Sense of Belonging. Mrs. Richardson is a trainer in various areas. She was on the board of the Union of Cultural Organization (UNOCA) for more than 10 years.