STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi — U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Leia Peffer, a native of Grafton, is one of the sailors ensuring the Navy maintains freedom from the ocean to the stars at Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, or METOC, headquartered at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Peffer currently serves as a METOC officer.
Peffer graduated from Midview High School in 2016. Additionally, Peffer earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021…