Brooke Hernandez Brewer Appointed to Joliet City Council

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet City Council unanimously approved the appointment of Brooke Hernandez Brewer during its Tuesday night meeting.

Brewer will replace former At-Large Councilman Jim McFarland who resigned from the position in order to move to Frankfort.

“Brooke, you said something last night. You said you’re a fighter and I am as well,” Councilwoman Jan Hallums Quillman said before voting aye. “I’m sure you’re going to fit right into this council.”

Brewer said her three little girls are the reason she gets up and fights everyday.

“I’m not made of money. I’m not going to leave them millions. All I can leave them is a better world,” Brewer said.

Brewer ended her speech by promising to be an honest politician.

“You may see me on Monday and I may tell you one thing and something may change my mind in the process and I may have to do something different. But then I owe you an explanation and I will give you one,” she said, adding she will fight harder than anyone can imagine. “We are going to take Joliet to another level.”

Brewer is a lifelong Joliet resident who attended Pershing and St. Paul the Apostle Grade Schools and Providence Catholic High School. She is married to Kevin Brewer, a Will County Deputy Correctional Officer, and has three children who attend St. Paul the Apostle Grade School. Brooke is a parishioner at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and previously taught CCD at St. John’s. She is a member of the Women’s Loyal Order of the Moose 300 and the American Legion Post 1080.