[3] She graduated from William Penn Senior High School and attended Bloomsburg University before enlisting in the United States Air Force in 1984.

[1][3] She moved back to York in 1994 after leaving the Air Force and took a position with the Crispus Attucks Association.

[3] In 2003, York Mayor John Brenner appointed Bracey as the Director of the Department of Community Development.

[5] Brenner cited the impending birth of his second child as a major factor in his decision to retire from the mayor's office.

[6] Bracey won the general election on November 3, 2009, beating her Republican opponent, Wendell Banks.