Taylor Grimes grew up in Oklahoma where she graduated from Oklahoma State with a bachelors degree in Recreational Therapy. Taylor's professional experience includes working for nonprofit organizations supporting individuals with substance use and mental health disorders, housing and food insecurity, and intellectual disabilities. She has held leadership roles where she coordinated services of low-barrier programs that increased access to food and essential goods for low-income and housing insecure Vermonters and is pursuing her master degree in Public Administration.