Brown-Edwards was raised in Lithonia, Georgia where she attended Martin Luther King Jr. High School.

[3] She was the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Games 400 metres champion and helped her team to a Georgia state title the same year.

[3] Competing for the Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field team in the NCAA, Brown-Edwards set school records for both the indoor and outdoor 200 metres and qualified for the NCAA national championships four times outdoors and two times indoors.

[4] After graduation in 2016, Brown-Edwards started a professional career, sponsored by Adidas from 2016 to 2019.

[3] She finished 4th in the 60 metres at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.