Yolvi is a trained psychologist with experience in management positions, as well as programme and project coordination.

She has vast experience in humanitarian engagement and dialogue with different social actors on human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL), and specifically on the protection of the civilian population. Her expertise includes psychosocial management, care and support processes of victims of political and social violence; community risk management and rights restoration processes; and the design and implementation of pedagogical processes embracing human rights, IHL and peace building perspectives. Yolvi has worked on development and organizational strengthening of and with indigenous, Afro and peasant communities and women's organizations in Colombia.

Yolvi’s research focuses on the effects of armed conflict in urban and rural communities. She was awarded the Prix Henry Dunant Field 2015, and was distinguished with an award recognising human rights defenders in the department of Cauca, Colombia (2015).