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Capitol: 775.684.1429 FAX: 702.399.2114 District: 702.738.5870 District FAX: 702.399.2114
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Senator
Room 2121 Legislative Building 401 South Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701-4747
District Office: 3217 Brautigan Court North Las Vegas, NV 89032-6030
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BioLegislative Service
Nevada Senate, 2020-Present (first elected November 2020)
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, Public Safety, Natural Resources and Transportation (Vice Chair)
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
2019-2020 INTERIM COMMITTEE- Council to Establish Academic Standards for Public Schools; Interim Finance Committee; Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board
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
Legislative Commission, Alternate member, 2015-2016
Other Public Service
Adult Literacy Program, Volunteer
Clark County Community Development Block Grant Board, Vice Chair
Education Commission of the States, Commissioner 2011-2012; Policy Advocate 2013-2014
Southern Economic Enterprise Board, Community Board Member, 2007-2009
Southern Nevada Health District, Teen Pregnancy Committee, 2011-current
Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc., Executive Committee, Director
Other Achievements
Project Save, Grant writer
Ninth Circuit Court, Extern, 2001
Affiliations
National Bar Association, Member
Committee Member, Task Force on State and Local Taxation, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2018-2020
Member, Board of Directors, Parliamentarian for Nobel Women, National Organization of Black Elected Women, 2017-2019
National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Region 12 Chair, 2016-2020
Committee Member, Labor and Workforce Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2015-2020
National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Committee on Labor and Workforce Development,Vice Chair, 2014-2018
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, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Southern University Law Center, Juris Doctorate
Professional
Adjunct Professor, Nevada State College and College of Southern Nevada
Personal
Occupation- Adjunct Professor
Recreation- Research, Writing and Reading
Born- Las Vegas, NV
Children- Alexandra and Tuwaski
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