Grace is a Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of the Environment. Prior to graduate school, Grace worked as a Program Coordinator at Forest Trends, a conservation finance nonprofit. There, she researched innovative conservation finance mechanisms to help the United States Forest Service mitigate wildfire risk in priority regions across the West.

She also researched potential creative partners (i.e. insurance & recreation industries) to create cross sector collaboration with the Forest Service. Grace received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at Colorado College. She is passionate about creating innovative solutions to climate change. In her free time, you can find her hiking, biking, reading, or baking.