Conroy was elected to Dublin City Council in the May 2019 local elections. This is her first time contesting a general election. She is an opinion writer for the Irish Independent. She works as an architectural conservation specialist. She has a degree in English and history of art and architecture and she has two Masters degrees. She became a practicing barrister in 2016. She was involved in an ECHR case against the state in the '00s on the right to terminate a viable pregnancy.