Brougham also founded Heavenly Melody, the first Chinese Christian choir composing original music, and Overseas Radio & Television, Inc., a media company.

[4][5] Although she was offered a full scholarship to study at the Eastman School of Music, Brougham declined and instead enrolled at the Simpson Bible Institute to prepare for missionary work.

[4] After witnessing the Chinese Civil War, Brougham moved to Hong Kong in 1949, then to Taiwan in 1951,[1][2] returning to the United States in 1953 to graduate from Seattle Pacific College.

[1][8][9] Besides English, Brougham, a lifelong musician and brass instrumentalist specializing in the trumpet, the French horn, and the trombone, produced Taiwan's first Christian TV program, Heavenly Melody, which aired in 1963.

[12] Brougham died of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome at Mackay Memorial Hospital's Tamsui Branch on 6 August 2024, at the age of 98.