She received her Master’s degree in Computer Science in 1980, worked at Bell Labs, and did research in artificial intelligence before coming to NOAA in 1997. Tracy practices agile, customer-driven development to address the needs of over 120 weather service sites with diverse terrain and weather regimes. She has invented techniques for generating language from digital data as well as providing powerful frameworks that can be easily customized by the user. Her software has been used both nationally and internationally in Australia, Canada, Spain, and Taiwan. Her interest in diversity and inclusion has grown through her career. She now hopes to promote greater perception and awareness, personally and in the community.