| 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 Assignments2020Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee 2020Education Subcommittee of the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee 2021Alcohol Subcommittee of Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee 2019Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families 2019Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness 2020Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Areas 2019Chair, Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties 2019Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, Associate Member 2019Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland 2019Women Legislators of Maryland Past Senate Service Judicial Proceedings Commmittee, 2019-2020. Public Service 2020 Maryland Complete Count Committee, 2019-; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2019-; Maryland School for the Blind, Board of Directors, 2016-; 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. |