About Dearest Price
Who Is Dearest?
About the Founder
Yolanda “Dearest” Price, M.Ed.
Yolanda “Dearest” Price is an educator, minister, author, and strategic consultant dedicated to helping leaders and organizations transform vision into sustainable systems. Her work sits at the intersection of education, justice reform, authorship, and community leadership, guiding nonprofits, churches, entrepreneurs, and institutions toward structure, clarity, and long-term impact.
With more than two decades of experience in education and community engagement, Dearest Price has built a reputation for designing programs that empower individuals and strengthen organizations. Her academic background includes a Master of Education from Arcadia University, with additional studies at Stony Brook University and Howard University.
Her work as an educator inside correctional institutions helped shape a deeper understanding of justice-impacted education and the structural gaps that often prevent incarcerated learners from receiving recognition for their academic progress.
Her Work Includes
The work of Dearest Price spans several areas of impact:
- Justice-impacted education and second-chance learning
- Program design and educational innovation
- Nonprofit consulting and organizational strategy
- Publishing initiatives and authorship development
- Leadership and ministry development
- Strategic planning for community-based organizations
Through consulting, teaching, and writing, Dearest Price helps leaders transform ideas into structured programs, sustainable initiatives, and measurable outcomes.
Her Impact
Dearest Price is the creator of several initiatives designed to expand opportunity and intellectual recognition.
- Founder of the Chain Breakers Project, an education and re-entry initiative focused on building intellectual identity for justice-impacted individuals
- Creator of the Intellectual Progress Report (IPR), a proprietary transcript system designed to document the academic achievements of incarcerated learners who lack digital educational records
- Author and educator, using scholarship and narrative to advocate for justice, education, and community transformation
Her writing explores the intersections of faith, justice, education, and social change. Her forthcoming work includes the book Noah’s Ark, a Place Where Libraries Are Free, reflecting her belief that access to knowledge can transform individual lives and entire communities.
The Growth of Dearest Price LLC
What began as one woman’s calling to help others has grown into a consulting firm known for building structure where there is vision, clarity where there is overwhelm, and systems where there is passion.
Founded by Yolanda “Dearest” Price, Dearest Price LLC was built from a lifetime of experience in education, ministry, authorship, and organizational leadership. While the firm began as an extension of her personal work, it has evolved into a multifaceted consulting agency serving nonprofits, churches, schools, entrepreneurs, and community-based organizations seeking sustainable growth.
Today, the firm’s work spans:
- Organizational development and systems design
- Program structure and implementation strategy
- Grant readiness and funding infrastructure
- Leadership and administrative capacity building
- Operational workflows and documentation
- Strategic planning for long-term impact
Through this work, Dearest Price LLC functions as a bridge between mission and management, helping leaders turn purpose into process and vision into functional, fundable structures.
A Mission That Continues to Grow
At the heart of the firm’s expansion remains a simple conviction: people and organizations deserve the tools to rise beyond limitation.
That belief continues to guide Dearest Price’s broader ecosystem of impact, including educational initiatives, publishing projects, and leadership programs designed to empower communities through knowledge, structure, and opportunity.
Today, Dearest Price LLC stands at the intersection of faith, strategy, education, and organizational excellence, partnering with leaders who are ready to move:
- from passion to process
- from ideas to implementation
- from vision to lasting impact
This is not simply consulting.