[2] After graduating, she began her acting studying at the National Royal Theater Studio in London, before moving to Los Angeles and working at Creative Artists Agency.

[1] She co-founded the Anti Police-Terror Project and served as the executive director for the Bay Area National Lawyers Guild.

In 2015, Brooks was arrested protesting Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's ban on night-time marches on public roadways.

[4] After taking a break for the duration of her unsuccessful mayoral campaign, Brooks resumed her job as co-host of the two-hour weekday morning program UpFront on Pacifica Radio station KPFA-FM in Berkeley.

[2] Brooks and Rasheed Shabazz were lead plaintiffs in a landmark Privacy violation and restoration Class-action lawsuit against Thompson-Reuters, 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW.