Experience

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  Star 92.3fm grenada

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Radio dj

  Host of Mid-Day Motown and 60s Classics on Star 92.3 FM. Sold and created radio advertisements for local businesses.

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  Miss tennessee scholarship pageant

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Miss tennessee

  During her year as Miss Tennessee, Grace served as ambassador and spokesperson for multiple public health campaigns and charitable organizations. She was the official spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Education's Safe and Drug Free Tennessee campaign, speaking and entertaining in up to five middle schools and high schools each day. Through her engagements as Miss Tennessee, she gained experience in modeling and commercial acting, as well as hosting, emceeing, and entertaining on-stage. Grace's Miss Tennessee efforts included founding her own nonprofit organization, Graceful Sounds,Inc., to provide hearing aids and audiology services to children in need. She appeared on the TLC network reality television series "Miss America: Reality Check;" and finished as a Top 15 Finalist and a Quality of Life Award Finalist in the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. Show less

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  Graceful sounds, inc

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2018

  Founder

  Nonprofit organization founded with the mission of providing hearing aids and audiology services to children in Tennessee with families in financial need. Assisted multiple children who did not qualify for hearing aids under TennCare program. Now assisting children in Mississippi, procuring softband bone conduction devices before children become eligible for surgical placement.

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  Essential play, llc

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2016

  Co founder

  We are a dedicated team of professionals helping you promote your child’s development and enriching the parent/child relationship through play.

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  Colors agency

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2018

  Actor model

  Talent resume and booking information http://www.colorsagency.com/actors_women.php

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  The princess and the crab

  May 2015 - now

  Book author

  A whimsical and educational re-imagining of the classic Frog Prince fable, this story follows a young princess on her adventures on Saint Simons Island. This is a keepsake book for all ages with illustrations by talented local artist, ED Hose.

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  Otopro technologies

  Sept 2018 - now

  Founder, owner
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  University of mississippi medical center

  Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

  Dr. Sturdivant joined the faculty of the UMMC Audiology Division in 2012, specializing in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of adults with hearing loss. Dr. Sturdivant is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (F-AAA) and is on the VP-Audiology Committee for the Mississippi Speech Language Hearing Association. She is a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, through which she maintains her Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A). She earned her Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2011, prior to which, she received a Bachelor of Science in Communicative Disorders from the University of Mississippi. She practiced as Assistant Professor and Vice Chief of the Audiology Division at UMMC until May of 2017, when she transitioned to a PRN contract. Show less

  • Assistant Professor

    Mar 2012 - Jun 2021

  • Research Audiologist ACHIEVE Study

    Oct 2018 - Jul 2019