She started her career at the telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres (1991), along with Gabriela Roel and Alfredo Adame, which allowed her to work in bigger productions such as Las secretas intenciones (1992) with Cristian Castro.

After completing high school there, she moved to Mexico City and started her acting studies at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Televisa for 3 years.

Her next role was as Larissa in Las secretas intenciones acting next to Cristian Castro, for which she obtained a TVyNovelas Award as Best Young Actress.

On March 1, 2000, Yolanda hosted the TV show Hijas de la Madre Tierra with her friend Montserrat Oliver.

The show was very successful and they even did a special transmission from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia Like many other Mexican celebrities, in 2003 she entered Big Brother VIP where she won second place after the winner Omar Chaparro.