Hayley invested $\$ 19,000.00$ into an account paying a ridiculous $8 \%$ compounded quarterly. How much money will be in the account after 54 months? Round your final answer to the nearest cent.

Step 1 ：Translate the problem into the formula for future value (FV) of an investment, which is \(FV = P * (1 + r/n)^{nt}\), where P is the principal amount, r is the annual interest rate in decimal form, n is the number of times that interest is compounded per year, and t is the time the money is invested for in years.

Step 2 ：Given that P = $19,000, r = 8% or 0.08, n = 4 (since interest is compounded quarterly), and t = 54 months or 4.5 years, substitute these values into the formula.

Step 3 ：Calculate the future value (FV) using the formula \(FV = 19000 * (1 + 0.08/4)^{4*4.5}\).

Step 4 ：Compute the result to get the future value of the investment, which is approximately $27136.68.

Step 5 ：\(\boxed{27136.68}\) is the amount of money that will be in the account after 54 months.