Kira Smith joined the Grace Community School family in 2023 on the Grace University campus. After taking a year off to be home with her young children, she is thrilled to return full-time in 2025 as the middle school theatre arts teacher. Kira holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Grove City College in Pennsylvania, with a concentration in creative writing and a minor in theatre. She has five years of teaching experience across a range of subjects for grades kindergarten to 10th. Kira and her husband, Bradley, have been married since 2018 and have two sons, ages four and one and a half. As a family, the Smiths enjoy reading books, playing games, and going on outdoor adventures. Kira also writes novels in her free time. The Smiths are part of a church planting team working to launch Redemption Church in the Gresham neighborhood of South Tyler.