Nastassja Brown is the current Color Guard and Winter Guard coach at East Wake High School. She was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. Coach Brown attended Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School marching color guard for 3 years and participated in winter guard for 4 years. Coach Brown then attended North Carolina Central University marching as a flag girl with The Stunning Ladies of SuperNova for 4 years. She marched alongside Ms. Harrell in high school and college creating a bond like no other.
After finishing majority of the marching band season at EWHS, Coach Brown created the name of The Luminous Blue Essence Color Guard team. The name was created to shine a light on the color guard team and all their hard work and contributions to marching band.
Coach Brown hopes to boost her student's confidence and expose them to different elements of marching band. She also strives to encourage her students to be the best version of themselves.