Grace De Silva was born in Managua, Nicaragua during the revolution. Her unmarried parents separated soon after she was born and left her in the care of her paternal grandmother and aunt in the United States.

As a child, Grace entertained herself by "playacting" in front of an "audience" to her surrounding adults. At age five she reunited with her mother who suffered from severe mental illness and alcohol addiction. Being a survivor of childhood abuse.

Grace attended multiple schools excelling in the performing arts, student government and being top of her class. She was six out of one-hundred students to be accepted into Chapman Universities Film School and School of Sociology with a partial scholarship, where she received her bachelors degree. Rounding out her experiences she was involved in model UN and worked with healing arts therapy for a decade. Driven to make her voice heard. She moved to Los Angeles and continued taking acting classes and worked in production and assisted on all aspects of film and T.V.

Moving quickly she was hired to direct on a spanish T.V show, "Una Palabra," Esta Es Mi historia." As a fill in and continued directing their shows for the next two years. That's where she discovered where her cumulative talent was best suited. This experience was the best application for all her talents. She has currently been invited as one of two hundred women to be the lead producer for The Women's Weekend Film Challenge. Where she will be leading an all female crew to make a movie in less than 48 hours. Grace lives in Los Angeles and married into a loving family and has a little daughter named Sedona. She has a passion for filmmaking, helping women and children and is grateful to be here today to tell her story.