[1][2] Brown-Pereira was born on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and grew up in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand.
She attended the University of Auckland and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in political studies and sociology.
[3][4] In 2018 she was part of the Cook Islands delegation to the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Her work has been published in journals such as Trout, and she has written for art catalogues such as Akara ki Mua (2001) and Inei Konei (1998).
[6] Selected poetry by Brown-Pereira was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers' work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.