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Youngstein was born on September 30, 1943 in New York City, a daughter of Henry Mathew Librach (d. 1988) and Renee Hartblay (1907—2009).<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldtribune/name/renee-librach-obituary?id=22638192]</ref> She graduated from Syracuse University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathemetics degree. She worked as a systems analyst and engineer with IBM Corporation in New York City from 1964 to 1985. She married her first husband, Howard George Youngstein, on August 29, 1965. They divorced in 1973. She married her second husband, Robert Simon Alexander, on December 23, 1979.

Youngstein worked at IBN as a staff instructor (1964-1971), marketing support representative (1972-1975), advisory marketing representative (1975-1980), advisory systems engineer (1981-1982), and a senior systems engineer specialist (1982-1985).

Youngstein was involved with the Holiday Project in New York City. She was delivery manager from 1980-1981, national coordinator from 1981 to 1982, president, CEO, and National Chairman from 1982 to 1983, an ex-officio member of the National Committee from 1983 to 1984, and then began serving as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the New York City committee starting in 1974.