Grace Filby BA(Hons) Cert.Ed. FRSA graduated with honours in Biology and Psychology, in Education and with a commendation from the University of Keele, UK in 1974. Having established a new science department in a middle school, then a small publishing company and raising a family, she returned to education and developed expertise with children who have special needs, including gifted children. As a deputy headteacher and awarded ill health retirement in 2000 after experiencing bullying from colleagues, Grace then had the freedom to explore a lifelong appreciation of British heritage and the arts, with 2 Millennium Awards. She was consulted for the revision of the Equal Treatment Bench Book regarding equality, justice and disability.

Returning to a fascination with medicine, microbiology and phage therapy since student days, Grace travelled extensively overseas, enabled by a prestigious Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship Award. Now she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, co-author of a scientific paper on phage therapy and a contributor to a forthcoming military history publication "Women in War", writing on "Women who Thawed the Cold War". Her chapter is about phage therapy in the Former Soviet Union.

Since 2005, Grace is a co-founder and honorary member of a Holistic Health Alliance with complementary health practitioners. At national level, Grace's pioneering work and recommendations have been well-received at a House of Lords meeting and by various MPs at Westminster. Internationally she is consulted by colleagues and members of the public. She has made use of her experience to produce videos and introductory talks about phage therapy to general audiences.