She received secondary education at the Regional Science High School III within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone from 2002 to 2005 before moving to Metro Manila to pursue her acting career.

Young first appeared in ABS-CBN in the youth oriented show "Star Magic Presents" Astigs and Abt Ur Luv.

[10][11] After PBB, she portrayed the villain Marcela in ABS-CBN's remake of I Love Betty La Fea opposite John Lloyd Cruz.

In 2012, Young had her big break as a lead actress in Hiyas, reuniting with Zanjoe Marudo as her love interest.

[14] Her comeback project in the Kapuso Network is the most anticipated second adaptation of the hit Mexicanovela MariMar[15][16] where she plays the title role.

[5] During the preliminaries, she also won the "Top Model" competition, placed second in the "People's Champion," placed fourth in the "Multimedia Challenge" and fifth in the "Beach Beauty" contest.

[25] Young co-hosted the Miss World 2023 pageant held in Mumbai, India on March 9, 2024, which was won by Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic.

During the final round, Young was seen fixing the hair of Miss Botswana, Lesego Chombo, prompting her to apologize publicly after she was accused of invading personal space and cultural insensitivity.

In February 2017, Mikael Daez confirmed that he had been dating Young for six years, and the revelation was made after so long due to work commitments.