She is known for directing The Blazing World and Upgraded, and for her acting roles in the American version of Disney Channel's As the Bell Rings,[2] the film Premature, Comedy Central's Key & Peele, and as Brooke Maddox in the first two seasons of the MTV television series Scream.

[6] In 2020 it was announced that the concept would be turned into a feature-length film, directed by and starring Young,[7] and soundtracked by Isom Innis.

[8] In September 2020, Young directed the music video for "Catch & Release" by Peel (the project of Innis and Sean Cimino).

[citation needed] Young's second film, the rom-com Upgraded, was completed in 2023 and stars Camila Mendes, Marisa Tomei, and Lena Olin.

[14][15] They married in Fort Worth on April 29, 2017, at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, which Young attended as a child.