Her district included Alorton, Belleville, Brooklyn, Cahokia, Centreville, East St. Louis, Fairview Heights, Mascoutah, Millstadt, O'Fallon, Sauget, Scott Air Force Base, Shiloh, Swansea and Washington Park.
Her committee assignments included: Committee of the Whole; Housing & Urban Development; Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ; Local Government; Child Support Enforcement; Revenue; Environmental Health (Vice-Chairperson); Subcommittee on Property Tax.
from Washington University School of Law, Younge was a former Assistant Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis.
[1] On August 3, 2022, the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis, Illinois was renamed in Younge's honor, becoming the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus.
[2] She was replaced by Representative Eddie L. Jackson, also of East St. Louis, who served from 2009 to 2017.