[2] She focused on issues including public education, economic development, job growth, health care and environmental protection.
[3] She was confirmed to be an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in December 2020.
She is the ninth of ten children of John and Pat Lynch, all of whom were born and raised in Warwick, Rhode Island.
[4] She earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from Boston College in 1997 and her Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law in 2000.
[4][5] On December 8, 2020, Governor Gina Raimondo nominated Lynch Prata to be an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.