Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014. Member since 2015.

Current Assignments

2015 Health and Government Operations Committee

2015 Government Operations and Long Term Care Subcommittee, Health and Government Operations Committee

2015 Health Facilities & Occupations Subcommittee, Health and Government Operations Committee

2015 Legislative Black Caucus

2015 Women Legislators of Maryland

Public Service

Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council, 2015-; Task Force to Study Small and Minority Design Firm Participation in State Procurement (Dept. of General Services), 2015-; Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Board of Trustees, 2011-2014; Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. Board of Directors, 2006-2014; Lake Arbor Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors, 2012-; Ridgewood Park Homeowners Association, Board of Directors, 2010-2013; Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, Inc. Board of Directors, 2011-2012.

Memberships

American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association.

Awards

Maryland General Assembly Outstanding Community Leader Award, 2013-; Prince George's County Social Innovation Fund Forty Under 40, 2013-; National Bar Association Nation's Best Advocated: Forty Under 40, 2012-; Maryland Equal Justice Associates' Leadership Award, 2010-; Maryland Governor's Citation for Outstanding Public Service, 2004-; Maryland General Assembly Citation for Outstanding Public Service, 2004-.

Biographical Information

Born, Washington,D.C., February 20, 1974; The Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA 1992; University of Maryland, College Park, BA English, 1996; The George Washington University Law School, J.D. 1999; Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M, 2007; Counsel, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, 2012 - Present; Married.