Grace Taylor McLaughlin was born on September 5, 1995 in California to Eric and Lynn. She has two older siblings, Andera and Christian. Grace currently lives in Allen, Texas with her family and two dogs, Mollie and Josie. Grace is in tenth grade at A Beka Acadamy. During Grace's spare time, she likes cooking or baking.

Grace began gymnastics when she was four and half years old. She trained at Byers Roseville in California before moving to WOGA in Texas. In 2003, Grace competed as a level five. She finished sixth on uneven bars. In 2005, Grace moved up to level seven. She finished fourth in the all-around and third on vault at the Flips USA Invitational. At the Level 7 State Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around as well as second on vault. After Grace's 2005 season, she began competing for WOGA. With her new gym, she moved up to level eight in 2006. She won a bronze medal on floor exercise at the Universal Invitational. She finished second on balance beam at the State Qualifier. Grace concluded her season at the Level 8 State Championships.

In 2007, Grace began her season at the WOGA Classic, where She finished third on vault and third in the all-around. She placed fourth in the all-around at the Maryland Classic. She won a silver medal on uneven bars in event finals. At the AOGC Invitational, Grace won the all-around title as well as golds on uneven bars and floor exercise. She then finished second in the all-around at the San Antonio Riverwalk. At the Level 9 State Championships, she placed second on uneven bars and fourth in the all-around. Grace won the floor exercise title as well as a bronze medal on uneven bars at the Level 9 Regional Championships. There, Grace qualified to the Level 9 Western Championships, where she finished sixth on floor exercise.

Grace moved up to level ten in 2008. She finished fourth on vault at the WOGA Classic. Grace then won a silver medal on uneven bars and a bronze medal on balance beam at the Metroplex Challenge. At the AOGC Invitational, she won a gold medal on uneven bars and a silver medal on floor exercise. She finished fourth in the all-around at the Texas Prime Meet.

She started 2009 by winning uneven bars and floor exercise and second in the all-around at the Texas Prime Meet. At her next meet, the Metroplex Challenge, she qualified to junior international elite. At Grace's first international meet at the 2009 WOGA Classic, she finished second in the all-around and first on balance beam against many other countries, such as Russia and Ukraine. At the Great West Gym Fest, Grace won vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and the all-around with a 38.000. Grace won uneven bars and placed second on floor exercise at the Byers Invitational. At the American Classic, she finished 13th in the all-around and second on uneven bars. She also qualified for the VISA Championships! In July, Grace traveled Des Moines, Iowa for the US Classic, where she finished 10th in the all-around as well as second on uneven bars in a very tough field of competitors. On the first day of the VISA Championships in Dallas, Texas, Grace placed impressive fifth in the all-around and first on uneven bars. Unfortunately, falls on the second day kept Grace out from making the Junior US National Team. She placed 13th overall and won a bronze medal on uneven bars.

Grace began her 2010 season at the WOGA Classic where she won the all-around title as well as first on uneven bars and balance beam. At the Houston National Invitational, she placed third in the all-around and third on balance beam and floor exercise. Grace then concluded her 2010 season at the Texas National Elite Qualifier in Huntsville, Texas where she won the all-around title with a 56.600 and first on uneven bars scoring a 14.650. After the Texas Elite Qualifier, she changed her focus to healing her injury, so she did not compete at the US Covergirl Classic or VISA Championships.

In 2011, Grace returned to competing at the Houston National Inviational where she helped the WOGA team to win the team title after scoring a 9.9 on uneven bars! On the next day, Grace was competing in the international session and finished fifth in the all-around and third on balance beam. At the Disney National Elite Qualifier in Florida, Grace swept gold medals and qualified to senior international elite status. A few weeks later, she finished first in the all-around and second on balance beam at the American Classic. This qualified Grace to the VISA Championships in St. Paul, MN. In July, Grace traveled to Chicago, IL for the US Covergirl Classic and finished in the top ten on uneven bars and balance beam. She concluded her 2011 season at the VISA Championships where she finished tenth on balance beam and in the all-around.

Grace trains nearly 36 hours per week at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas under coach Valeri Liukin. Currently, Grace is preparing for the upcoming 2012 season as a senior international elite gymnast.