She was CEO and president of Hope Center, and was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2018.
[2] Grimes received her undergraduate degree in non-profit administration from Metropolitan State University in 1987.
[4] The organization serves children and adults who are labeled "at risk" by the state for their developmental disabilities.
[3] For 45 years, she was involved with numerous other community organizations, including: Center for African American Health, Denver Early Childhood Council, Holly Area Redevelopment Project (HARP),[5] Falcon Youth Organization, and Colorado Special Olympics Volunteer.
[2] She also had leadership roles in organizations; she spent two terms as the president of the Metropolitan State University Alumni board, was president of the Colorado Black Roundtable and the Colorado Black Women for Political Action.