Hailey is a 17-year-old Senior at Cyprus High School in Magna, UT. Hailey has been involved in family history since her gramps interested her with family stories when she was not quite 7 years old. She has volunteered at the Family History Center in Magna since then. She has done look-ups and assisted professional genealogists at the Family History Library since she was 10 years old.

She was responsible for Society Hall at the 2005 and 2006 Conference for the  Federation of Genealogical Societies. She taught her first class at the Youth Fair at the 2007 FGS Conference in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Hailey has written articles for the "Next Generation" column in Everton's Genealogical Helper and in 2005, Hailey was one of the first recipients of the FGS Youth award for her service to The Utah Genealogical Association.