Born and raised in Manning, South Carolina, Grace Surette was a former middle school teacher at Manning Junior High, in Clarendon School District Two, where she graduated from in 2014. Currently, she is the proud owner of a boutique in downtown Manning called Magnolia & Grace, where she loves meeting new and seeing familiar faces.

She loves serving as a volunteer for various organizations within her community. One of them being the Clarendon County Dancing with the Stars where she was a Professional dancer for almost 10 years, winning best talent in 2012. Before that, she danced for 16 years at the Dancer’s Workshop under the direction of Donna Prothro. Grace graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2018 where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing in Child Life Development.