Graduate Thomas More High School, 1999; degree in Finance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007.

Full-time legislator. Former business manager.

Member- ACLU; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association (former board member); League of Conservation Voters; Bay View Neighborhood Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Sierra Club; South Side Business Club of Milwaukee; Bay View Historical Society; Arbor Day Foundation; TriWisconsin; Badgerland Striders; Bay View Lions Club; Lake Park Friends; MPTV Friends; Voces de la Frontera; Citizen Action of Wisconsin (board of directors); Milwaukee Turners; Climate Power (national board member); Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin advisory board); Governor's Bicycle Coordinating Council.

Former member- Airport Area Economic Development Group; Young Elected Officials; Coalition to Save the Hoan Bridge (cofounder); Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) campus intern.

Recipient- Wisconsin Conservation Voters Conservation Champion Award 2013-22; Shepherd Express Legislator of the Year Award 2012-22; Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislator of the Year Award 2019; Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Political Openness Award 2019; WEAC Friend of Education Award 2022.

Elected to Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, 2008-10.

Elected to Senate since 2010. Leadership positions- Minority Caucus Chair 2023; Minority Leader 2013.

Member of Educational Communications Board