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Grace Garcia started her career with the Small Business Development Center at Angelo State University in San Angelo Texas, where she worked as the training coordinator. Grace is now the Administrative Analyst/Training Coordinator for the Contracting Resource Center. Her main responsibility is to coordinate the logistics for government contracting seminars, workshops and conferences offered at the center. Previously, she was the Executive Director for the San Angelo Symphony and the Program Director for the American Lung Association in Dallas, Texas, where she gained experience in event planning, grant writing, fundraising, promotional marketing, and program development and implementation. She holds a BBA from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.