Grace was a Research Study Coordinator at KLab from 2023 – 2025 and rejoined the team in 2026. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2023 with a B.S. in Public Health-Global Health and completed her M.S. in Child Development and Family Science at Central Washington University in 2026. Grace’s graduate work focused on providing developmentally appropriate support to children and families experiencing hospitalization. The research she completed while in graduate school focused on the association between play opportunities for children in medical settings and overall coping as well as qualitative research focused on experiences of parents who had experienced the death of a child. Grace is currently preparing for the next step in her career to becoming a Certified Child Life Specialist. In her free time, she enjoys baking sourdough, going to group fitness classes, and spoiling her cat, Louie.