Dr. Brown graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in 1990. She completed her residency in Family Medicine in Seattle at the Providence Family Medicine Residency, affiliated with the University of Washington, and developed an interest in HIV/AIDS at that time. She worked for the Indian Health Services as well as at the Country Doctor Community Health Center in Seattle, WA, for ten years, at which time she was also a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine for the University of Washington School of Medicine.