Braže, born in 1966, has worked for the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1993. She served as the First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations in New York (1996-1998). She was an adviser to the Prime Minister on foreign affairs (1998-1999) and later served as director of a department at the Foreign Ministry until 2003. From 2003 to 2008, she held the post of ambassador to the Netherlands.