Tracey Rankin graduated from Batesburg-Leesville High School. She attended Middle Tennessee State University and graduated with a Recording Industry Management (RIM) degree. For 12 years after college, she traveled worldwide, managing music tours. Wanting to settle locally, she returned to South Carolina looking for a change of pace. She heard about Happy Wheels via Facebook. After volunteering and witnessing the program first-hand in Charleston, Tracey knew she had a passion for the children. A few months later (November, 2009), she started the Columbia program. Three years later (February, 2012), she began the Greenville program. In 2012, Happy Wheels became a 501(c)(3) non-profit which enabled Tracey to work solely for Happy Wheels as the Executive Director of the non-profit and the Program Director for the Columbia program.
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