From an early age, Braithwaite wanted to study law and completed her secondary education at the Turks and Caicos High School.
She went on to study at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, earning a degree in government and history and then returned to Grand Turk to teach forth grade for an additional two years.
Deciding she did not want to be a teacher, she continued her studies, enrolling in law school at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus.
[citation needed] Braithwaite-Knowles became Deputy Attorney-General in 2008[5] and, in 2013, she was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her contributions to public service reform.
[1] After a recruitment process that included numerous overseas candidates, Braithwaite-Knowles was selected as the first native born Attorney-General of the Turks and Caicos, simultaneously becoming the first woman and youngest person to hold the job.