Naman Shrestha
Starting in the 1980s, the Evangelical Christian youth organization Teen Mania Ministries garnered the attention of millennial teenagers across the nation. Ron Luce was the founder and president of the controversial organization. In the early 2010s, Ron and Teen Mania were alleged to have been exploitative toward the teens in the name of religion, transforming them into soldiers. In order to control the damage and handle the PR crisis, they hired Cindy Mallette, who ended up being a whistleblower. The entire controversy surrounding the same is covered in a detailed manner in Prime Video’s ‘Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War,’ a three-part documentary series. Cindy also features in the docuseries and shares her experiences of working with Teen Mania.
Cindy Brown Mallette is an Entrepreneur and SEO Content Manager Today
Apart from serving as the Communications Director at Teen Mania Ministries for a couple of years, from early 2012 to early 2014, Cindy Mallette has had a major mark in her professional career. It all started with her graduating with an Associate’s degree in Journalism from Kilgore College before earning her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Business Management from the University of North Texas in 2005. By then, she had also served as a Press Office Intern for US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. From January to May 2005, she also landed an internship at Southwest Airlines in the Public Relations department.
It was in February 2007 that she began a full-time job at Tyler Morning Telegraph as the City of Tyler Reporter. She then switched to Americans for Prosperity, where she was employed as the Texas AFP Grassroots and Communications Manager. After working there for over three years, she became associated with Teen Mania Ministries, as mentioned above. In February 2014, she became the Director of Mallette Communications. Several years later, she even served as Marketing Communications Manager at Casoro Group. Cindy then switched to Slack Davis Sanger LLP, where he worked as the Marketing Manager.
After parting ways with Mallette Communications in September 2021, she joined ZenBusiness, taking up the position of SEO Content Strategist. From February to August 2023, she was employed at Plural as the Senior Growth Marketing Manager. Since September 2023, she has been working at Intuit, serving as the SEO Content Manager for TurboTax. With many years of corporate experience, she co-founded Pattern Pixie in August 2024 and has been highly involved in its operations as well. All in all, Cindy Mallette specializes in AI-focused content creation and management.
Cindy Brown Mallette’s Life Revolves Around Her Family and Knitting
Cindy Brown Mallette’s successful career is complemented by her fulfilling personal life, which involves her husband, Jeremiah “Jeremy” Mallette, and their children — two daughters, Keira and Jaina, and a son named Corran. A travel enthusiast, she loves to explore new places with her family. In the summer of 2024, the Mallette family traveled all the way to New Mexico, where they explored Carlsbad Caverns National Park. From what we can tell, she continues to share a close-knit bond with her mother, with whom she and her kids went to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, in December 2023. In late May 2025, she also traveled to Oceanside Beach in Tillamook County, Oregon.
Residing in Leander, Texas, Cindy and her family moved into a new house in April 2024. That same month, she also extended her family by welcoming another member — Jerry the Crawfish. Besides spending quality time with her loved ones, Cindy also loves to write and knit in her spare time. Knitting is something she does ever so passionately. In fact, she regularly knits sweaters for herself, her family, and friends, which is a way of showing her love for them.
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