Education
After graduating from North Chicago Community High School, Brooks studied business management obtained her real estate brokers license in the state of Illinois.
After graduating from North Chicago Community High School, Brooks studied business management obtained her real estate brokers license in the state of Illinois.
Brooks was the youngest of three children born to Callie Guins and Michael Moulton (Senior) in Waukegan, Illinois. She has two older siblings, Michael Moulton (Junior), and Karen Moulton. After college she immediately began her career as a multifamily residential property manager and staging model homes. Since childhood Brooks has battled type 1 diabetes.
Her 20 year bout with the disease lead to a failed kidney and near death illness.
After losing a bet to a co-worker in 2007, Brooks opened You and Your Decor, a Chicago- & Milwaukee-based interior design company. In 2013 she was cast in Design Star, a televised competition to pick a host for a new show on the HGTV cable network.
After 7 episodes, Brooks was named HGTV new host. The Most Embarrassing Rooms in America premiered on Saturday, September 14, at 2 p.m.
ET/PT. During the series, Brooks paired up with DIY Network carpenter Jeff Devlin (I Hate My Bath) to makeover the homes that were selected by the network as most embarrassing.
The premiere episode featured a surprise ambush of the "Most Embarrassing Kitchen in America", found in Woodland Hills, California Brooks and her work has since appeared in Essence, Uptown, Chicago (Interiors) Luxury, and HGTV Magazines. She makes regular appearances and design demonstrations locally in Chicago for World's Greatest Newspaper, American Broadcasting Company, and WCIU. She continues television work with the HGTV network, design in the Midwest and keeps a blog.