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Portrait of Grace Young

Honor Society® member

Grace Young

Program Director at Scottsville's Center For Arts & the Natural Environment - Scottsville, VA

  • Arizona State University-Tempe
  • sociology
  • Class of 2025
  • Mechanicsville, VA

Member since April 2022

About

I am a highly motivated lifetime learner. I have three children and am very active in the Richmond Marathon Running Community. I am a full- time Music Director at Atlee Church and manage 15-25 musicians for all music in church and in special events. I am working toward writing science fiction novels and am pursuing education in Sociology and Astronomical Sciences with minors in English and Philosophy. With this education, I would like to intern at NASA (Langley) in 2025 for a summer, before beginning my writing career. As a sociologist and astronomical studies major, I would also be interested in working on research to aid space colonization efforts.

Education

  • Arizona State University

    Astronomical and Planetary Sciences / English

    2022 – 2025

  • Arizona State University

    Sociology / Philosophy

    2020 – 2024

Goals and interests

Career goal

Social Worker, Fiction Writer, Advisor to Space Colonies, NASA

Graduate school interests

Space Colonization Field of Study

Outside the classroom

Writing, Playing Music, Knitting, Reading, Marathon Running, Permaculture Gardening

Experience

  • Program Director

    Scottsville's Center For Arts & the Natural Environment - Scottsville, VA

    Jan 2019 – Jun 2021

  • Music Director

    Atlee Church - Mechanicsville, VA

    May 2018 – Present

  • Business Administrator

    Madison Street Collective LLC - Harrisonburg, VA

    May 2015 – Dec 2019

  • Hospitality Coordinator

    Vine & Fig Community 501(c)3 - Harrisonburg, VA

    Nov 2014 – May 2016

  • Hospitality Coordinator

    The Simple Way 501(c)3 - Philadelphia, PA

    Nov 2010 – Jun 2011

  • Office Manager

    Caterbone Lawn & Landscaping LLC - Lancaster, PA

    Jun 2010 – Nov 2014

Volunteering

  • Coordination of Outreach to: Homeless, Addiction Recovery and Transitioning From Prison Program Management for Nature and Arts Programming to Underserved Communities

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Spanish Intermediate