Legislative Service
Nevada Assembly, 2011-2019 (first elected November 2010)-five regular and four special sessions
2019 SESSION COMMITTEES- Taxation (Chair); Commerce and Labor; Ways and Means
2017 SESSION COMMITTEES- Taxation (Chair); Government Affairs (Vice Chair); Commerce and Labor
2015 SESSION COMMITTEES- Commerce and Labor; Government Affairs; Taxation
2013 SESSION COMMITTEES- Government Affairs (Vice Chair); Education; Taxation
2011 SESSION COMMITTEES- Education; Government Affairs; Taxation; Transportation
2017-2018 INTERIM COMMITTEES- Advisory Committee to Monitor Implementation of the Reorganization of Large School Districts; Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools; Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Advisability and Feasibility of Treating Certain Traffic and Related Violations as Civil Infractions
Other Public Service
Legislative Commission, Alternate member, 2015-2017
Adult literacy program, Volunteer
Southern Economic Enterprise Board, Community Board Member, 2007-2009
Southern Nevada Health District, Teen Pregnancy Committee, 2011-current
Education Commission of the States, Commissioner 2011-2012; Policy Advocate 2013-2014
Clark County Community Development Block Grant Board, Vice Chair
Other Achievements
Project Save, Grant writer
Ninth Circuit Court, Extern, 2001
Affiliations
National Bar Association, Member
National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Region 12 Chair, 2016-2017
National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Vice Chair, 2014-2017
Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board, Committee Chair, 2013-2017
Finance and Economic Development Committee, CSG-West, 2011-2015
Clark County Democrats Recruitment Committee, Member, 2009
Presidential Caucus, Precinct 4017, Caucus Chair, 2008
Urban Chamber of Commerce, Member, 2005-2007
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Education
Chaparral High School, Las Vegas
Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, B.A., Political Science
Southern University Law Center, J.D.
Personal
Occupation-
Contract Administrator and Adjunct Professor
Children-
Alexandra, Tuwaski
Born-
1972, North Las Vegas
Recreation-
Reading, swimming, education |