Rev. Young is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and has been living out her faith for many years in the Greater New Haven community. She served as a chaplain at Yale New Haven Hospital and then accepted a position at Connecticut Mental Health Center as its Chaplain until 1993. Carolyn's final ministry was as the Pastor of Whitneyville UCC., Hamden; she is now retired although she continues to preach and teach throughout the area.