[6] Raised by her grandmother,[7] she graduated from Petersburg High School, where she participated in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

[10] After graduating from law school, Carroll Foy spent time teaching and worked in Los Angeles as a litigation associate.

[11] In her 2017 campaign, Carroll Foy ran on expanding Medicaid, raising the minimum wage, increasing teacher pay, and criminal justice reform.

[13] In the House of Delegates, Carroll Foy sat on the Courts of Justice, Finance, and Public Safety Committees.

[18] Carroll Foy voted to pass Medicaid expansion in the General Assembly in March 2018, expanding health insurance coverage for 400,000 Virginians.

[20] A public defender, Carroll Foy has advocated for the reform of cash bail, criticizing what she called Virginia's "justice-for-profit system".