{"id":803,"date":"2021-08-25T16:45:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/?p=803"},"modified":"2021-08-25T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:45:09","slug":"s5e7-mandy-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/2021\/s5e7-mandy-young\/","title":{"rendered":"S5:E7 | Mandy Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding Her Place to Inspire Millions<\/b><\/p>\n

When Mandy Young first came to Cedarville, she had no intention of becoming an on-air radio personality or a trailblazing leader in the communications industry. But even though she tried to run from God\u2019s plans, He drew her in and set her in a place of blessing and thriving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mandy, who graduated from Cedarville with a<\/span> bachelor\u2019s in broadcasting and digital media<\/span><\/a> in 2000, was named program director for K-LOVE and Air 1 last October. She is first female in this role and is responsible for music and on-air programming that is broadcast through 790 stations across the country and into millions of homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of it started when Mandy was a little girl. She was saved at age 5, the same night her dad accepted the Lord. She and her siblings would create radio shows and put them on cassette tapes \u2013 yes, that\u2019s going back a few years \u2013 but for her it was only childhood fun, not a prophetic portend of her future.<\/span><\/p>\n

As she trailblazes a role in Christian radio, she knows that this is the place God has always meant for her to serve and to inspire millions to trust and pursue Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in radio for as long as I have, I feel like it\u2019s my job to pour out encouragement to other people,\u201d she shares during the podcast, \u201cto tell them about Jesus, to bring them closer to Him, and to lift them up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n