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Comment: Also at Draft:Daniella Mestyanek Young. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:49, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Daniella Mestyanek Young | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Occupation | Author, Public Speaker |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Period | 2022–present |
| Genre | Non-fiction, memoir |
| Subject | Cults and other extreme groups |
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| Website | |
| https://knittingcultlady.com/ | |
Daniella Mestyanek Young is an American author, activist, and public speaker. As a third-generation member of the the Children of God religious cult, she was excommunicated at the age of 15. She now goes by the Knitting Cult Lady on various online social media platforms, where she discusses cults and other extremist groups while knitting and speaking directly to a camera.
She has written two books on the subject of cults: Uncultured: A Memoir, published in 2022, and The Culting of America: What Make a Cult and Why We Love Them, published in 2026. A chapter from Uncultured was featured in Rolling Stone on September 17, 2022.[1]
Military Career
editYoung served as Army Intelligence Officer for the US Military from 2009 to 2015. She was deployed twice to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division. During her military career, she joined the Female Engagement Team (FET) and was one of the first female Army personnel sent into deliberate combat duty.[2]
- ↑ "How I Escaped From a Religious Sex Cult and Ended Up in the Army". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Veteran Entrepreneur Spotlight: Daniella Mestyanek Young". D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (Syracuse University). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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