Savanah joined the LeGrand Associates team in December of 2018. Before this, she served as program coordinator for a local non-profit, providing educational and natural resources to children in Lewistown Pennsylvania. She has been drawing and painting all of her life; a selection of her pieces was published in the Sentinel and Tyrian newspapers and shown in the East End Gallery. Savanah has always valued supporting local, small, artisanal businesses and has used many of her works to raise funds in her small community. Portraits have always been her favorite subject. Unwilling to forfeit her passion for art, after discovering ocularistry she knew immediately that it was right for her.

Savanah began her five-year internship with David LeGrand in Chesapeake, VA to learn the fundamentals of eye-making. A year later she transferred to Philadelphia and continued refining her skills under the supervision of Joseph LeGrand Jr. and the guidance of Susan Frost.

Savanah received the Joseph LeGrand Sr. Award given annually to an outstanding intern in the College of Ocularistry, and the Don Kluge Sr. Memorial scholarship in 2023, both distinguished honors granted from the American Society of Ocularists. She completed her internship in 2024. Volunteering for the International Children’s Anophthalmia Network is a favorite pastime for her and she looks forward to contributing again at future conferences. She has participated in anophthalmic/microphthalmic clinics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, collaborating with the oculoplastic team, and enjoys working with patients of all ages. When Savanah is not at the office, she loves to cook for loved ones, and appreciate the arts and nature.

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