Yvonne M. McShay’s life has been immersed in the big “E” for education as she champions education through writing, lecturing, serving, or participating.
Her professional educational career extended over four decades of which 18 years were at Polk State College teaching English. Yet it is through her community volunteerism where she continues to touch the mind, soul, and spirit of mankind.
Yvonne’s ability to identify community needs and address them is perhaps one of her greatest strengths, with some needs being more challenging than others to accomplish. One example of this would be when along with a friend, they identified the need for a branch library in the northwest section of her city of Lakeland, Florida. After ten years of meetings, presentations, and standing tall with staunch determination, county commissioners funded the project...