[2] She is an alumna of Truman State University, initially majoring in aerospace engineering, with a minor in creative writing.
[4] Brinkerhoff began working in television in 2004 as the executive assistant to showrunner David E. Kelley on Boston Legal.
[5] Brinkerhoff and the writing team were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best new television series in 2010 for their work on the first season of The Good Wife.
[1] From 2012 to 2013, Brinkerhoff was co-executive producer for the television series Elementary, writing three episodes and a teleplay for another.
She wrote an unnamed pilot episode before becoming co-executive producer and writer for the television series Jane the Virgin from 2014 to 2015.