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== Early life ==
[[File:Ndn19930903-Lisa-age-12.png|thumb|right|Lisa Marie Young, age 12<small><br><span class='ndn logo'></span>[[:Category:Nanaimo Daily News|Nanaimo Daily News]]: Fri Sep 3, 1993 (Kathy Santini) [[:File:Ndn19930903-Lisa-age-12.png|<q>Students and staff get new school for new year</q>]]</small>]]
Lisa Marie Young was the eldest child and only daughter of Don Young and Marlene "Joanne" Young, née Martin.{{NW20150501}} She has two younger brothers, Brian and Robin.{{HSS20170622}} Growing up in Nanaimo, she attended Brechin Elementary and Woodlands Secondary School.{{NDN19930903}}{{NT19930907}} Young's maternal grandfather (Martin's father, Moses Martin) is Tribal Chief of the [[wikipedia:Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations|Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation]] on the West Coast of [[wikipedia:Vancouver Island|Vancouver Island]]. Joanne and both of her parents (Moses and Cecilia) attended Kakawis [[wikipedia:Canadian Indian residential school system|Residential School]] on nearby [[wikipedia:Meares Island|Meares Island]].{{NW20150501}}

Young was close with her family. Martin described her as an independent woman who was a hard worker with a hard head, and had "inner strength that was totally awesome."{{TS20160806}} Dallas Hulley, an acquaintance of Young and the last person to hear from her, described Young as "outgoing, confident, bubbly," and said "She was somebody you noticed right away, at a party or a gathering, or whatever it was. She just had a light about her." Young was a vegetarian and a fitness enthusiast and enjoyed rollerblading at the [[wikipedia:Nanaimo Harbour|waterfront]].{{NDN20020914}}

She and a roommate lived next door to her parents in a Barons Road apartment building,{{P20020902}} but at the time of Young's disappearance, her father was helping her move into her own apartment in northern Nanaimo,{{HSS20131007}} something she was excited about.{{HSS20190624}} Young was also preparing to start a job at a [[RMH|call centre]] within two days of her disappearance,{{HSS20131007}} and considering pursuing higher education, with the hopes of becoming a television sports broadcaster.{{NW20150501}}

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