Alongside her colleagues, Julie Brown is the founding teacher of Woodstock Union Middle and High School's Structured Literacy Program. She has served in a variety of roles including Structured Literacy Teacher, Special Educator, Literacy Facilitator, and EL Coordinator for Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Woodstock, Vermont. Julie is a licensed Special Educator, Reading Specialist, and MLL Teacher. 

Alongside friends and fellow adolescent literacy advocates, Julie is a founding member of The Project for Adolescent Literacy.

Julie holds a master's degree in Language and Literacy from Simmons College. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Mount St. Joseph University studying Reading Science with research interests in prevention and adolescent literacy. Her students are her inspiration.