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Feature Alum: Yolanda Bruce Brooks
1989 Psy.D.
Psychologist, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas, Texas
"I help teach Dallas Cowboys how to
be professionals."
Yolanda Bruce Brooks was recruited by the Dallas Cowboys to design a program to help players and their families tackle the problems of adjusting to life in professional sports. Today she focuses on personal and professional development of the younger players, coaching them on financial planning, stress management, substance abuse, and the other demands they face as they kick off their careers.
Many of the techniques Brooks uses with the Cowboys started at Wright State University, where as a student she set up a mentoring program for first-year minority students. "It provided the foundation for much of what I'm currently doing with these rookies. Wright State helped me incorporate who I am as a person with what I am doing professionally."
Favorite WSU Memory: My graduation when family and friends chartered a bus and traveled from Virginia to surprise me at the ceremony.
Best Advice: "Listen to your heart, but know your head."
Favorite Quote: "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." Chinese Proverb
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