Yasmine Kilian started her own business in 2006. Her passion is to promote social justice by erasing linguistic barriers in the various legal domains in multi-cultural societies and by providing developmental opportunities for school-going youth. She has helped members of the public to draft accurate witness statements and has written legal documents for the Labour Court. At present her company is promoting girls’ football as a means of fostering gender equality. Apart from promoting social justice and social responsibility, YKK Promotions CC provides writing and editing services to clients and members of the public.
Yasmine is a qualified teacher of English language and literature. She has taught English at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Whilst employed as a lecturer at the Port Elizabeth Technikon, Yasmine published an article in an accredited journal. She holds a BA Honours degree in English literature and a Master’s degree in Second Language Acquisition studies from Stellenbosch University. In 2003 she was awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Scholarship to pursue Doctoral studies in Forensic Linguistics at Cardiff University.
In addition to the above, Yasmine is a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.