This is the second episode of a two-part conversation featuring the High Leverage Practice of Perspicaciousness with Nadja Young. She talks about how it is possible to rise above fractured circumstances sharing “There’s no way for our past to not define us, It is a part of our fabric, our psyche and our personality, but it doesn’t have to paralyze us. We can use it to fuel us, build grit and a growth mindset, turning it into a positive.” Nadja has done just that, developing perspicaciousness at a very young age, and using the practice throughout her life to achieve influential success every step of the way.
Nadja Young is the Director of Education Practice and Federal Government Teams, Public Sector, for the SAS Institute. She leads national education analytic projects in all 50 states, and across six Federal Civilian Departments including the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Social Security Administration.
Nadja began as a Career and Technical Education Teacher, along with Varsity Dance Team Coach, at Chaparral High School in Parker, CO. She became a Certified Teacher for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards at Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, NC. Prior to her post with SAS, she was the Curriculum and Assessment Development Contractor for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
For three years Nadja was part of the professional dance team for the Denver Nuggets Basketball Team. She is an accomplished national speaker. Her B.S. degree is in Marketing Management from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and her M.A. in Secondary Education is from the University of Phoenix in Denver. Nadja and her husband Tony have two daughters and live in North Carolina.
