| First elected to the Maryland Senate in 2018. Member of the Senate since January 9, 2019. Member of the House of Delegates 2011-2019.
Current Assignments
2023 Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment
2023 Chair, Education Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy and the Environment
2023 Environment Subcommittee of the Committee on Education, Energy and the Environment
2023 Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR)
2020 Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas
2023 Joint Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) Workgroup
2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member
2023 Financial Secretary, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2010)
2019 Women Legislators of Maryland
Past Senate Service
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2020-2023; Education Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2020-2023; Alcohol Subcommittee of Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, 2021-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness, 2019-2023; Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 2019-2023; Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, 2022; Judicial Proceedings Commmittee, 2019-2020; Chair, Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties, 2019-2021; Senate Vaccine Oversight Workgroup, 2021-2022.
Public Service
Workgroup on Adaptive Reuse of Vacant Commercial Spaces, 2021-; Maryland Commission on Health Equity, 2021-; 2020 Maryland Complete Count Committee, 2019-; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2019-; Reform on Tap Task Force, 2017; Maryland School for the Blind, Board of Directors, 2016-2019; Commission on Sustainability, Baltimore City, 2008-.
Biographical Information
Born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1962; Philadelphia High School for Girls; Antioch College, B. A. , Human Services, 1989; The Johns Hopkins University, M.A. 1992, Ph.D, Sociology, 1997; Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, 1995-2000; Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2000; Interim Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators, 2005; Adjunct Faculty, Maryland Instiute College of Art, 2006-2008; Assistant Director, Urban Resources Initiative, 2006-2008; Associate Director, Great Parks, Clean Streams and Green Communities, Parks and People Foundation, 2008-; Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow, Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland School of Law, 2013; Elder, First & Franklin Street Presbyterian Church, 2002-2005. |