She attended the Philadelphia School of Design, studying under Elliott Daingerfield, and Henry B. Snell.
After completing her studies Brooks set up a studio in Philadelphia.
At various times she shared this studio space with fellow Philadelphia Ten artists Eleanor Abrams, Edith Lucile Howard, and Constance Cochrane.
[1] In 1929 Brooks had a one-woman show at the Arts Club of Washington, DC.
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