A University College Cork graduate with a 1.1 Bachelor's Degree in International Commerce and Chinese Studies, Grace studied in Shanghai as part of her undergraduate degree, and post-graduation made the move back to China more permanently for work. Since then, she has worked and travelled through East and Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Indonesia.

Grace is currently based back home in Ireland where she is working as a freelance content strategist and writer, running her textile business, 'pacie grews', and undertaking a Higher Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy.