 Young is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art.She was the creator and Executive Producer of "Under the Umbrella Tree", a popular CBC Television children's series that ran from 1986 to 1993 on the CBC and on the Disney Channel from 1990 to 1997, and was also the puppeteer for "Dodie", a character on "Sesame Park", the Canadian version of "Sesame Street".Her puppet characters also appeared on many TVOntario productions including Readalong and Telefrancais.