Grażyna is originally from Biała Krakowska and now lives in Warsaw. Before the 1990s she was a teacher at the general education lyceum, head of a cultural center and trainer at the Center for Research and Development REDOR. In the early 1980s she was a member of the Solidarność board. After martial law was declared, she was interned and imprisoned. Today Grazyna is chairwoman of the board of the Foundation for Economic Education and a politician.