Brown is a 1980 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she was a varsity athlete on the fencing team.
She served on the City Council of Fort Wayne, Indiana for the at-large district from 2008 to 2012,[1] She ran when incumbent City Councilman, Sam Talarico, retired.
[3] She ran for Mayor of Fort Wayne in 2011, but lost the primary.
[5] She ran for the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's 3rd congressional district in the 2016 elections.
[8] In the 2021 Legislative session, Senator Brown in her role as chair of the Judiciary Committee refused to allow a vote on Constitutional Carry to occur, effectively killing the measure for the year.