Lacey is now an orthopedic surgical resident at UCSF. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School.

She was a 2018 Mitchell Scholar and obtained an MSc in Immunology and Global Health from Maynooth.

A native of the Los Angeles area, Lacey completed a tour in Haiti as a Global Health Fellow with Medical Missionaries, a US-based volunteer organization.  During college, she volunteered countless hours as a clinic assistant at the Venice Family Clinic, a clinic for low-income residents, and served as an emergency medical technician for LMU.  Lacey is an alto/mezzo soprano and performed throughout college as part of the LMU Theater Program.

Lacey obtained an undergraduate degree in Health and Human Sciences from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.