Tracy is from the Windy City and came to Kitsap County, Washington while serving on Active Duty in the Unites States Navy. She graduated from the Olympic College with an AA degree, moving on to the University of Washington where she completed a BA in Sociology and a BA in Political Science. After working one year for the State of Washington, Tracy attended Seattle University School of Law graduating in 1999 with her JD degree. She received her LL.M in Elder Law in December 2019.
Tracy was President-Elect of the Kitsap County YWCA and President of the Kitsap County Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers for two years. She was elected to the Family Law Executive Committee for the Family Law Section of the WSBA, President of the Pierce County Minority Bar Association and Chair of the Civil Rights Committee. Tracy was appointed interim chair of the Civil Rights Law Section. She was a past co-chair of the Minority Bar Associations Annual Diversity Conference and co-presented for the WSBA Family Law Section in Las Vegas in 2007 at the Annual Community Property Symposium. Tracy is the past co-chair of the Kitsap County Human Rights commission and is a current member. She serves on the Council for Public Legal Education and they just completed Summit 2 with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor in January. Tracy is the current President of the NAACP Unit 1134 Bremerton/Kitsap. Additionally, Tracy is a graduate of the Washington State Bar Associations Leadership Institute Inaugural class and Tracy is a graduate of Leadership Kitsap 2017. Furthermore, Tracy is on the Olympic College Foundation Board, the WSBA’s Client Protection Board, Kitsap Community Resource Board and Vice President Of the Washington State Bar Foundation Board.
As a solo practitioner for seven years Tracy practiced in Kitsap, Mason and Pierce Counties in criminal law and family law. Tracy worked for the Office of Administrative Hearings in Olympia as a Pro Tem Judge and for Kitsap County as a Pro Tem Judge in District Court. Tracy worked as an Specialized Examiner/Adjudicator for the U.S. Department of Labor. Tracy served three years on the Washington State Bar Associations Board of Governors as an At Large Governor where she served on numerous committees and board. She also co-chaired and was key in establishing their mentorship program. Tracy has received recognitions as a Rising Star, Madison’s Who’s Who and Seattle University School of Law Black Law Students Award, Washington Women Lawyers 2013 Presidents award and the Loren Miller Bar Associations Social Justice Award. Tracy was a Judicial candidate for Kitsap County District Court in 2014.She continues to serve as a Pro Tem Judge in King County. She received a Dean’s Scholarship for the Seattle University School of Law LL.M program and is a 2018 YWCA Woman of Achievement.
Tracy has one brilliant daughter, currently attending university out of state on a full academic scholarship.