Yolande arrives in Albert Square on 16 September 2003, a Patrick Trueman holiday romance. They had met during Patrick's visit to his homeland of Trinidad, where the middle-aged couple enjoyed a steamy affair, much the contrary to Yolande's boring marriage to a strict, uptight, and religious Victor, whose traditional customs included viewing women as objects to bear and raise children. Yolande re-appears 20 March 2017, when Denise Fox has to visit head office to explain why she made the Minute Mart look bad in the Walford Gazette.