Mrs. Nicole Brown is a fourth grade teacher at J.F. Gauthier Elementary School. She is a life long resident of St. Bernard Parish and attended J.F. Gauthier as a child. Mrs. Brown earned her Bachlor's Degree in Elementary Education from the University in New Orleans. She began her teaching career in 2014 at Chalmette Elementary School where she taught fifth grade for 3 years. In 2017, she transferred to Meraux Elementary where she taught second grade for six years. Mrs. Brown is a wife and a mom of two. Mrs. Brown believes "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."