After a completing his BA in English Literature from the University of Chicago, Brooks traveled widely in Asia working as an editor and press officer for the Tibetan Exile Government in India and organizing an international traveling exhibition of Tibetan artwork from the Buriatian Region of the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 2000 Brooks was involved in a number of interactive media companies as a designer programmer and founded Emsitù with his wife was awarded several international prizes, including the Möbius award for interactive media in education. From 2000 to 2005 Brooks was Director of Development for the Fantastic Corporation, a broadband telecommunications software company. In this role Brooks lead an international team of software developers and creative media artists in prototyping future oriented media applications for customers and partners. From 2005 to 2008 Brooks was responsible for the new media modules in the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication at the SUPSI. In that capacity he strengthened ties with the Conservatory of Music and the Dimitri Theatre School (both associated institutes of the SUPSI) and organized collaborative concerts and events as a playground for new ideas. Brooks is a founding member of Bashiba, a cooperative dedicated to good ideas and innovative technologies. From 2005 as the Director of Communication and Development of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine
in Bellinzona and as Managing Director of Biopolo Ticino he continue to apply interactive design to communications challenges.