She is the oldest daughter of Hollis and Sharon Lynch (née Fisher) and has a younger sister named Nnenna.

She graduated from UT's Plan II honors program and was the captain of its track team two years running.

[5] She then attended the University of California-Riverside, where she earned a graduate degree in Public Resource Management and in American history.

[6] After earning her degree, Lynch moved back to New York from Texas to attempt to began an art career.

Her interest in history and race lead to her to write, direct and produce her first independent film, Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed.

Lynch received the Creative Capital grant in 2015 to sponsor the research and production of her next film, tentatively called The Outlaw.

[9] Since 2013, Lynch has worked at the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as the Curator of the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.