Bronin graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001, where she earned degrees in architecture and the Plan II honors program.

Her interdisciplinary work focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places.

[30][31] She has served as an expert witness and as a consultant to cities, state agencies, and private firms interested in creating or facilitating places of value.

[32][33] She wrote an amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court, joined by legal scholars and nonprofit organizations, to support the City of Houston’s successful defense of an attack on its historic preservation ordinance.

[38] She has also submitted written comments to federal agencies, including one to the Department of the Interior on proposed changes to the National Register of Historic Places regulations.

[39][40] She has also testified many times before the Connecticut General Assembly about legislative matters, including most recently on statewide zoning reform proposals.

[41] In 2021, Bronin founded a coalition of more than 70 nonprofit organizations called Desegregate Connecticut to advocate for zoning reform to enable affordable housing opportunities.

[47] On June 24, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Bronin to head the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

[55] As a licensed architect, she received the 2014 Alice Washburn Award of the AIA of Connecticut in the category of Renovations and Additions.