Christonya Brown

Christonya Brown has worked as an educator for the past 30 years. beginning her career as a library assistant and GED tutor. Upon graduation from Old Dominion University, she began her classroom experience teaching freshmen Ancient World History. After surviving a summer of history, heat, and hormonal teenagers, she spent the next seven years teaching middle school history and social science. In 2003, Christonya moved to the Central Office as the division teacher specialist, training teachers across division and by 2006, Ms. Brown was promoted to Senior Coordinator for History and Social Science for Norfolk Public Schools. In 2013, Ms. Brown moved to the Virginia Department of Education to take on the task of Coordinator for History and Social Science. Today, Ms. Brown is responsible for the history and social science education, training and programming for the students, teachers, parents, and communities of the Commonwealth of Virginia.