Yari began her pre-professional dance training in Hopkinsville, KY, under Brooke Bailey Abner and Stephanie Longo. She worked commercially in music videos and short films and toured nationally with dance conventions. Yari earned a Certificate in Dance from The Ailey School, studying under Judith Jamison and Alicia Graf Mack. In Ailey's Student Performance Group, she performed Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" and Ronald K. Brown's "Grace." She joined the company in 2026.