Windows on the World: Regina Young
| 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Regina Young: State Representative, Pennsylvania 185th Legislative District
Windows on the World (November 1st at 3 p.m.): “My Journey as an Educator, Organizer, and Elected Official”. Hear about Regina G. Young’s life of public service and why she believes “teamwork makes the dream work” and “only good things can be produced when we work together”! A product of public-school education and native of New Haven, CT, Regina was elected to represent Pennsylvania’s 185th Legislative District in November 2020. State Representative Young is a community organizer, former educator, social service worker, and certified HIV and grief counselor. She is also a member of the PA Legislative Black Caucus.
Young earned a B.A. in Communications from Central Connecticut State University and a M.A. in Community Development and Urban Studies from Eastern University. Before running for office, she was a community schools coordinator in the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Education. She founded and served as executive director of Empowered Community Development Corporation and was a social service worker with Women’s Christian Alliance in Philadelphia. Rep. Young is married and the mother of two children.