Judy Brown is a fifth-grade American History teacher and grade-level dean at Georgetown Day School. Though Ms. Brown was born in Greensboro, NC, she grew up in Durham with her two siblings, Jacqueline (Jackie) and Jennifer (Jen), and her parents, Walter and Ozie Brown. Ms. Brown had a wonderful family and community life during childhood: she was friends with everyone who lived in her neighborhood; many of the people in the community belonged to the same organizations; and her family attended an all-Black church. However, Ms. Brown’s life in North Carolina was at a time when everything was segregated in the South, including the schools. In 1965, when Ms. Brown was 14 years old, her family moved to the D.C. region after her father took a job at the Department of Labor. The Browns were the first Black family to move into their Silver Spring neighborhood. In Maryland, Ms. Brown attended Montgomery Blair High School, and went on to attend Hampton University (then Hampton Institute) after graduating in 1969. Ms. Brown worked at a life insurance company after graduating from Hampton in 1973. When Ms. Brown first entered the teaching profession, she taught fifth grade in DCPS. She also did a lot of substitute teaching in Montgomery County at that time because there were lots of teacher layoffs. In 1980, Ms. Brown started teaching at a small independent school called the Owl School, and she would remain there until 2003 when the school closed. Ms. Brown then began teaching at Georgetown Day School, making 2023 her 20th year at GDS. Ms. Brown continues to teach at GDS today, and she is an active member of the Xi Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.