Welcome to My Website!

I’m Yvonne Condes, a journalist, writer and social media manager based in Los Angeles. My work has appeared in the LA Times, The Washington Post, The Arrow, Mom.com and PBS Socal. I’m also Contributing Editor to Picturing Mexican America, a project that works to uncover the whitewashed history of Mexican Los Angeles.

My interest in history and in family lore led me to write a television pilot, Hacienda del Sol, which is a semifinalist in The Writer’s Lab.

Before moving to California and becoming YvonneinLA, I grew up and went to college in Tucson, Arizona and then moved around as a newspaper reporter. My online career began as an OG mom blogger at LA Moms Blog. I then co-founded MomsLA.com, an award-winning parenting site where I served as editor. During my blogging career, I was featured on National Public Radio, Buzzfeed, USA Today, and on Los Angeles radio and television. 

In addition, I was named one of Red Tricycle’s Coolest Power Moms and Mom.me’s Maker Moms on Instagram, and a Mujer Legendaria by Ford Motor Company. I’ve also been a panelist or speaker at Blogher, We All Grow Latina Summit, Hispanicize and the PBS Annual Meeting. I have also written for Common Sense Media, CBS Los Angeles, LatinaMom.me and Disney’s Babble.

When I’m not writing or obsessively checking Instagram, I’m running, hiking, playing beach volleyball or baking something gluten-free.

If you’d like to reach me, I’m at yvonneinlosangeles (at) gmail (dot) com.

Thanks!