About Julie
Julie Brown
Married to Dixie Dansercoer; together parents of four children
(Jasper, Evelien, Thijs and Robin)
Born 1964 in Detroit, Michigan USA
Belgian resident since November 1998
Resume
- junior tennis champion 1978-1982
- university degree from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio USA, 1986 (specialties in English literature and composition, world history and geography)
- teacher of English and history at Bowling Green Junior High School, 1986-1989
- flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, 1989-1998
- student of French language at CELA (Centre d'Études Linguistique d'Avignon), 1995
- first American air hostess for Sabena Air Lines, 1998
- student of Dutch language at CERAN Language Institute (Spa, Belgium), November 1999
- training ascent on Mount Washington, New Hampshire USA, 1999
- co-founder of Circles, a self-motivation course, 1999
- first mountain climb with Dixie Dansercoer and Rudy Van Snick, Mount Vinson, Antarctica 2000 Expedition (December 1999-January 2000)
- first running marathon completed (Barcelona, Spain) March 2003
- Sierre-Zinal Mountain Running Race completed, Switzerland, August 2003
- Bering Strait Odyssey, communications manager in Nome, Alaska basecamp, March - April 2005.
- San Francisco Marathon finisher, July 2006
Publications
- co-author of Shades of White (De Kleuren van Wit), together with Dixie Dansercoer, published in 2000 by Van Halewyck (Leuven, Belgium)
- co-author of Een Passie Moet Je Volgen (Follow Your Passion), together with Dixie Dansercoer, published in 2002 by Van Halewyck (Leuven, Belgium)
- co-author of Milestones, artistic interactive workbook, together with Dixie Dansercoer and photographer Herman Vanaerschot, December 2003
- author of Van Passie tot Missie, UNICEF Belgium's Eight Goodwill Ambassadors, published in 2004 by Van Halewyck (Leuven, Belgium) and Labor (Brussels, Belgium)
Patronage and Ambassadorial Functions
- Patron of UNICEF's Ustinov Spirit, September 2004.