Tenure
Appointed to the Maryland House of Delegates December 29, 2016. Member of the House since January 25, 2017.
First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2018. Member of the House of Delegates since January 9, 2019
Current Assignments
2026
Assistant Parliamentarian
2026
Chair, Ways and Means Committee (Member, 2017; Vice Chair, 2023-2025)
2023
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
2023
Spending Affordability Committee
2026
Task Force to Modernize County and Municipal Revenue Structures
2017
Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Parliamentarian, 2020-2022; Chair, 2023-2026)
2017
Women Legislators of Maryland
2024
Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus (2017-2021)
Past House Service
House Parliamentarian, 2020-2023; Chair, Election Law Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2025; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2025, 2017-2020; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2023; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2017-2020; Revenues Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020; Opioid Workgroup, 2018.
Public Service
Student Data Privacy Council, 2019-2020; Work Group to Study the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2019; 2020 Maryland Complete Count Committee, 2019-; Task Force on Restraint and Seclusion, 2017; Board of Directors, New Leaders Council Maryland, 2015-; Renters Alliance of Montgomery County, Board of Directors, 2015-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, District 20, 2014-2017; Montgomery County Committee on Hate/Violence (second term in 2014), 2010.
Memberships
Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-; Associate Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2017-2018; African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County, 2016-; Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, 2014-; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 2006-; Montgomery County Young Democrats.
Awards
Legislative Champion Awarad, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2018; Legislative All Star, Maryland Retailers Association, 2018; Empowering Women Award, YWCA of National Capital Area, 2018; Dorothy Davidson Award, Montgomery County Young Democrats, 2015.
Biographical Information
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, May 29 1988; William Penn High School, New Castle, Delaware; University of Delaware, B.A. (sociology); American University, M.P.A. (social policy), 2011; Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 2011-2014; Fellow, New Leaders Council, 2015; Senior Field Manager, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 2014 - Present.
State representatives serve in their state's lower legislative chamber. Responsibilities include drafting and voting on state laws, representing their district's interests in the state capitol, serving on state committees, and shaping the state budget. State legislation covers areas like education, healthcare, transportation, criminal justice, and local taxation that directly affect residents' daily lives.