Yvonne Young, Teller of Truth Tales, is an eclectic educator and storyteller extraordinaire who invites audiences into her stories using audience participation techniques. Yvonne believes any story, even the wildest tall tale contains elements of truth.

She tells stories from her heart, evoking personal connections and memories, and empowering listeners to see each story in their own mind's eye. Her storytelling assemblies and residencies instill love of language, stimulate imagination, inventive thinking, and emotional development, develop listening skills and promote awareness and appreciation of the similarities of all peoples.

Yvonne offers storytelling workshops for teachers, children, and other adults, as well as staff development for medical professional groups, including hospice and nurses staff development.

She serves as Oregon State Liaison to the National Storytelling Network, and is a member of The Healing Story Alliance. In 1997 Yvonne participated as a storytelling delegate from NSN on the People to People tour to Gencun Village in China. Yvonne performs at schools, community events, libraries, and festivals. She is author of "The ABC of Storytelling", published by The National Storytelling Press in "A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling".