Lacy is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a two time finalist with over 30 years of experience as a visual storyteller. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and contracts with non-profits such as the Innocence Project and Teach For America. She has been on staff at the San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and part of the USA TODAY Network, the Tennessean. Her work has been featured in various magazines such as Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated as well as on display at the Newseum in Washington D.C. and exhibited at the Visa pour L'Image in Perpignan, France.