Meet LaDàna Young
Founder & Executive Director
Storytelling has the power to heal, to connect, and to change systems. At MFGP, we turn lived experience into lasting impact, creating pathways of hope, visibility, and opportunity for families.
LaDàna Young
Founder & Executive Director
LaDàna Young is the Founder & Executive Director of My Fairy GodParents (MFGP), a storytelling-centered nonprofit supporting youth, caregivers, and families impacted by incarceration. Her leadership is informed by lived experience, strategic communications insight, and a deep commitment to justice, healing, visibility, and opportunity.
She leads MFGP's work at the intersection of storytelling, family support, public education, and community partnership-building, helping transform lived experience into practical resources, advocacy, and impact.
Leadership & Vision
LaDàna founded MFGP to uplift the voices of justice-impacted families and ensure they are seen, heard, and supported. Her vision is to build a national movement where storytelling drives systems change and every family has access to resources, opportunity, and community.
Learn More →Speaking Engagements
LaDàna speaks on justice-impacted families, youth storytelling, caregiver support, nonprofit leadership, strategic communications, and systems change. Her talks are inspiring, authentic, and rooted in both experience and expertise.
Learn More →Bookings & Collaborations
LaDàna is available for keynote addresses, panels, workshops, moderated conversations, media interviews, partnerships, and mission-aligned collaborations.
Learn More →Justice-Impacted Families
Youth Storytelling
Caregiver Advocacy
Nonprofit Leadership
Strategic Visibility
Book LaDàna for speaking, collaboration, or media opportunities.
Let's Connect
- +1 (949) 919-0765
- ladana@myfairygodparents.org
- 1968 S Coast Hwy #4248, Laguna Beach, CA 92651