Afrofuturist & PhD Candidate
Lena M. Young is a Futurist and Research Strategist with a multidisciplinary background including military, real estate, business start-up, and Strategic Foresight experience. She is a critical problem solver who brings dynamic perspectives to any situation, with diverse contexts – such as military and civilian environments. Lena is a Specialist in developing complex training and specialized in various weapons, radars, operation systems, and lifesaving procedures.
As a Foresight practitioner, she is adept in horizon scanning, scenario planning, forecasting, and strategizing Futures Scenarios for long-term government and commercial strategic planning and capacity building. Her strengths as a Foresight Professional are using ideation techniques that promote collaborative innovation forecasts with multiple perspectives to plan for plausible and preferable futures scenarios.
She is a current Ph.D. candidate for Creative Leadership for Innovation and Social Change-Specializing in Educational/Academic Leadership for Change. Her dissertation focuses on Equitable Space Societies 200-300 years in the Future. She also holds a Master’s of Science in Strategic Foresight, a Bachelor’s of Science as a Training Specialist for Occupational and Technical Studies, and an Associate’s of Science in Business Administration.