| Born Somerville, Tennessee, June 22; 1 child.
Graduate Bay View High School, 1990; B.S. in Criminal Justice, Tennessee State University, 1997; attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1990-92.
Full-time legislator. Former family child care provider and owner, 2002-12; insurance agent, 2000-02; financial employment planner, 1997-2000.
Member- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Wisconsin Child Care Providers Together Local 502 (former president); AFSCME District Council 32 (former vice president); AFSCME People; Emerge Wisconsin, Class of 2012; Milwaukee Democratic Legislative Caucus (former chair); Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus; University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (advisory board member); Wisconsin Legislative Children's Caucus (cochair); BLOC (Black Leaders Organizing for Communities) cofounder; NAACP; College Savings Program Board.
Former member- African American Chamber of Commerce; Wisconsin Women in Government (former board member); Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU); Midwestern Legislative Conference (executive committee member).
Elected to Assembly 2012-2014. Elected to Senate since 2016.
Member of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board, Historical Society of Wisconsin Board of Curators and Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council |