title: Yvonne Pearce Mazzulo
text: # Yvonne Pearce Mazzulo
  
  Yvonne Pearce Mazzulo is an American journalist, activist, and author.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Yvonne Pearce Mazzulo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mazzulo's maternal grandfather was Austin Gunsel, NFL treasurer, commissioner, and former FBI agent.
  
  Mazzulo attended Delaware County, Pennsylvania public schools and the now defunct private preparatory secondary school, Swarthmore Academy.
  
  Mazzulo spent the beginning of her career in the automotive industry. Upon the death of a brother, Mazzulo founded, in 1986 a nonprofit and at the time, was among the youngest persons in the United States to run an organization of this type. Mazzulo served as trustee and executive director, 1986–99.
  
  Mazzulo works as a freelance journalist and is an advocate for Juvenile Justice Reform in the United States.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1995
  * Daily Local News, February 17, 1994
  * The Village Voice, May 31, 1995
  