Jeremy Young

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Dr. Jeremy Young is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at a premier University known as “the Yale of Colombia” in Bogota where he has been teaching and researching since 2015. Jeremy teaches Marketing for Social Change – a course that encourages students to use their skills to serve their local communities toward bringing about positive change. He also does research in public health where his work is linked with the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School; he enjoys collaborating and visiting with professors there and has plans to be in Boston this year.

Jeremy also serves as a deacon at his local international church, runs an NGO working with under-resourced children every Saturday, and leads a small group in his home where he lives with his wife, Sarah. In these roles, he has been involved with sustainably partnering with surrounding low income neighbourhoods, working alongside organizations in support of Venezuelan migrants in Bogota, and organizing financial relief funds for Turkey/Syrian earthquake victims.

Recently, the Colombian government implemented Jeremy and colleagues’ public policy recommendations for warning labels on packaged foods. These seek to educate consumers and encourage Colombians to make wise dietary choices; to eat healthier/be healthier. 

As budgetary cuts and inflation eat into livelihoods in Colombia, the Youngs have found a number of friends and colleagues forced to move elsewhere; they however, remain committed to their neighbourhood, their church, the university, their work toward local social improvements and the many programs they are involved with that they want to see flourish in tandem with the gospel message, alongside the Colombian people.

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A recent endorsement of Dr. Jeremy Young:

Doug Hayhoe, Ph.D. (U. of Toronto), is recently retired from being associate professor of
education at Tyndale University. At an earlier period in his career, he lived in Colombia, along
with his family, while he worked as a science teacher and vice-rector. He recently had the
privilege of meeting with Jeremy and Sarah Young. He writes,

I was impressed by the significance of the work that Jeremy is engaged in at one of the top
universities in Bogotá, Colombia. Not only does he have a Christian impact on students, in
terms of his ethical perspective and concern for sustainability in human health, he also has
strong links with important people in the health ministry of the government of Colombia. His
history of research and association with Harvard Medical School gives further credence to the
key role he plays in Colombia, in terms of marketing and human health. His fellow students,
professors, and government contacts are all aware of his Christian commitment and service at
an international evangelical church in Bogotá.

Having lived and worked in the field of education in Colombia myself, I was able to appreciate
the unique challenges and opportunities Jeremy and Sarah have in that country. I also readily
understood Jeremy’s need for additional financial support, above his local salary, as an
international academic with important links to research in the United States and other
locations. Such support also enables them to have more time for local work in Colombia,
associated with their church and community, increasing the effectiveness of their presence
there.