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Young received her bachelor’s degree from Missouri State University in biology, with minors in animal science and chemistry, and earned her doctorate from Texas A&M University in equine nutrition and exercise physiology. Her graduate research focused on mineral balance in resting and exercising horses, and the effects of fat-added diets on sweat production in working horses.

Young was a member of the TAMU Equine Science faculty for several years during and following her tenure as a graduate student. Since leaving academia, she has spent 25 years in the feed industry as an equine nutritionist, horse feed program manager, and business consultant for a large regional feed company, and then as a technical equine nutritionist for a large national feed company in the U.S. She has extensive experience in horse feed formulation, quality control and production, customer service and communication, sales and sales training, marketing, and regulatory and labeling requirements for equine feed. She was highly involved in every aspect of product development and launches.