Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. Member of the House since January 9, 2019.

Current Assignments

2024 Deputy Majority Whip

2019 Judiciary Committee

2021 Chair, Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee

2023 Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee

2019 Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Secretary, 2022)

2019 Maryland Veterans Caucus

2019 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

2019 Women Legislators of Maryland

Past House Service

Civil Law and Procedure Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2021-2022; Chair, Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2020-2021; Family Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019-2021; Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2019.

Public Service

Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2022-; Juvenile Justice Reform Council, 2019-2021; Glenallan Elementary School PTA, President; Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School and John F. Kennedy High School, PTSA Executive Boards.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Legislative District 19 Democratic Club; Women's Democratic Club; National Council of Negro Women, Inc.; Tivoli Home Owners Association; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); National Organization for Women; Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association; Howard University Alumni Club of Montgomery County; Kemp Mill Toastmasters Club; Montgomery County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc..

Biographical Information

Born, Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1963; Howard University, Economics, B.A., 1986; Boston College of Law School, J.D., 1989; Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, 1991-1992; Associate General Counsel, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, 1996-2002 (staff counsel, 1993-1995); Senior Manager, Employee Relations, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, 2002-2006; Montgomery County Council, Merit System Protection Board, 2014-2017 (past chair); Practicing Attorney, Employment Law; Widow; two children.