She then attended California State University, Sacramento, for a master of arts in child development.
[2] Brown-Wood is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
[2] Her book Grandma's Tiny House (Charlesbridge, 2017) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
(Random House, 2022), which Brown-Wood wrote with Ciara and Russell Wilson, received a starred review from School Library Journal.
[6] Brown-Wood has written other children's books, including a biography of Harriet Tubman.