Delegate Cheryl E. Pasteur
- District
- 11A
- County
- Baltimore
- Committee Assignment(s)
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Ways and Means Committee
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Ways and Means Committee
- Annapolis Info
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306 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 -
Phone 410-841-3448
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3448
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306 Lowe House Office Building
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306 Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401 - Phone 410-841-3448
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306 Lowe House Office Building
- Contact
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cheryl.pasteur@house.maryland.gov
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Title | Sponsorship Type | Sponsorship Type Sort | Chamber Sort | Current Status | Org Committees & Hearings | Opp Committees & Hearings |
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| HB0108 (SB0061) | Division of Correction - Release Preparation Program | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0184 (SB0008) | Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0396 (SB0402) | Residential Child Care Programs - Education of Children and Training of Child and Youth Care Practitioners | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0438 | Adult Prison School Board Model Development Committee | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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| HB0612 | Correctional Education and Workforce Skills Training Programs - State Correctional Ombudsman and Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Training Program for Incarcerated Individuals | Primary | 1 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0003 (SB0212) | Higher Education - Nonresident Tuition - Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public Safety Employees (Maryland Fallen Heroes Tuition Benefits Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Favorable Report by Appropriations |
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| HB0028 (SB0383) | Higher Education - Private Career Schools - Advertising | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Favorable Report by Appropriations |
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| HB0064 (SB0170) | Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0090 (SB0224) | Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0155 (SB0001) | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0156 (SB0132) | Election Law - Affiliating With a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0163 (SB0079) | County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0172 | Municipalities - Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0176 (SB0460) | State Department of Assessments and Taxation and Department of General Services - Property Appraisal Aids - Geographic Images | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 1/27 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0200 | Sale of Residential Real Property - Required Flood Risk Disclosure | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0334 | State Procurement - Constitutional Violations - Prohibited | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0336 | Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0340 (SB0238) | School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0350 (SB0255) | Voting Rights Act of 2026 - Counties and Municipal Corporations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0382 (SB0571) | Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0387 (SB0041) | Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0388 (SB0253) | Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0402 | Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0410 (SB0546) | Public Health - Food and Milk Product Labeling - Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/03 at 3:00 p.m. |
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| HB0414 (SB0322) | Courts - Jury Service - Disqualification | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0426 | Petition for Guardianship of the Property of Alleged Disabled Person - Stay of Civil Actions and Proceedings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0444 (SB0245) | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
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| HB0458 | General Provisions - Commemorative Months - Water Safety Month | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0467 | Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0478 (SB0262) | Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0488 | Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules |
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| HB0501 (SB0407) | Criminal Law - Sexual Offense by a Person in a Position of Authority | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0524 | General Provisions - Commemorative Months - African Heritage Month | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0539 | Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications - Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0548 (SB0325) | Land Use - Permitting - Development Rights (Maryland Housing Certainty Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0552 | Independent Investigation of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0562 | Primary and Secondary Education - Maintenance of Effort - Inflation Adjustment (Maintenance of Effort Modernization Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Appropriations |
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| HB0577 (SB0334) | Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Machine Gun Convertible Pistols | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. |
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| HB0592 | Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) |
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| HB0623 (SB0709) | Education - Purple Star Schools Program and Purple Star Colleges Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0624 (SB0411) | Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:30 p.m. |
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| HB0659 | State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0704 (SB0586) | Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Appropriations and Ways and Means |
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| HB0720 (SB0007) | Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Termination Date | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0721 (SB0243) | Uniformed Services Spouses Act | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0738 (SB0651) | Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0745 | Income Tax - Senior Tax Credit - Refundability | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0753 | Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0807 | Education - Teacher Preparation Programs - English Language Learner Teacher Competency Requirements | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Reassigned to Ways and Means |
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| HB0818 | Higher Education - Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth - Tuition Exemption and Associated Benefits | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0819 (SB0464) | Commission to Examine the Expungement Laws of Maryland | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0824 | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Conviction of Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substance | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0832 | Public Safety - State Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction (ICE Breaker Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0852 (SB0285) | Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0861 (SB0581) | Department of Information Technology - Statewide Information Technology Master Plan - Reporting | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0864 | Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections |
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| HB0900 | Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0915 | Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HB0919 (SB0657) | Maryland Higher Education Commission - Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) Grant Program - Established | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Appropriations |
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| HB0920 | Real Property - New Home Sales - Entry of Final Sale Price in Multiple Listing Service | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters |
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| HB0926 | Income Tax – Individual Itemized Deductions – Alterations | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0930 | Income Tax – Decoupling From Federal Changes – Education Expenses | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0935 (SB0187) | Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0980 | Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law) | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Judiciary |
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| HB0995 | Health Occupations - Behavioral Health Care Providers - Use of Artificial Intelligence | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Health |
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| HJ0003 | Elementary and Secondary Education - Curriculum - Importance of Diversity | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| HJ0008 | Apology and Acknowledgement of the State's Responsibility in Racial Terror Lynchings | Co-Sponsor | 2 | 2 | In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations |
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| HB0637 (SB0385) | Public Health - Recommendations for Immunizations, Screenings, and Preventive Services - Pharmacist Administration and Required Health Insurance Coverage (The Vax Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. |
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| HB0894 (SB0389) | Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations (Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Environment and Transportation |
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| HB0895 (SB0387) | Food Retailers - Dynamic Pricing, Surveillance Data, and Collective Bargaining Agreements (Protection From Predatory Pricing Act) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Economic Matters |
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| HB0897 (SB0386) | Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - First Reading Environment and Transportation |
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| HB0898 (SB0388) | Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act | By Request - Administration | 3 | 2 | In the House - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) |
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| Project Name | Status | House Sponsors | Senate Sponsors | County | Amount Requested | Senate Initiative | House Initiative | Other Funding | Total Funding |
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| Pikesville Middle School Digital Sign | Introduced in House |
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Baltimore | $4,920 | $0 | ||||
| Yeshivas Toras Simcha | Introduced | Baltimore | $200,000 | $0 |
- Tenure
- Elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in November 2022. Member of the House of Delegates since January 11, 2023.
- Current Assignments
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- 2026 Deputy Majority Whip
- 2026 Ways and Means Committee
- 2026 K-12 Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
- 2026 Early Childhood and Special Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee
- 2024 Historian, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (Member, 2023)
- 2023 Women Legislators of Maryland
- 2024 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus
- Past House Service
- Judiciary Committee, 2023-2025; Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2023-2025; Public Safety Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, 2023-2025.
- Public Service
- Maryland State Arts Council, 2023-; Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse, 2023-; Maryland Blueprint for Maryland's Future Funding Ad Hoc Committee; Maryland Association of Boards of Education, Legislative Committee; Maryland Association of Boards of Education Ad Hoc Committee for Blueprint for Maryland's Future; Baltimore County Public Schools, Planning Committee for Northwest Career Technology Center.
- Memberships
- The Highlanders; Professional Black Women; Baltimore County Arts Guild; Pikesville Armory Foundation Board; Baltimore County Alliance for Black School Educators; Continental Societies, Inc.; Phi Delta Kappa, Educators Fraternity; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; NAACP, Randallstown Branch, 2012-2016; National Epicureans, Inc., 2002-2018; Baltimore County Commission for Arts & Sciences, 2010-2018.
- Awards
- Outstanding Teachers of America, 1975; Walbrook Community Association Service Award, 1978, 1980; Outstanding Black Woman, Urban Services Agency, 1981; Outstanding Service Award (Arts), Philomathians, 1982; Community Service Award, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 1982; Community Service Award, Internal Revenue, Florida, 1985; Directors Award, F.B.I., 1985; Outstanding Teacher, Baltimore County Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 1992; Outstanding Teacher, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, 1992, 2001, 2011; Outstanding Teacher, Baltimore County Schools, Maryland National Bank, Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce, 1992; Jack Epstein Award, Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education, 2002; Woodlawn Rotary Club Award for Service in Education, 2007; Harlow Fullwood, Jr. Service Above Self Award for Community Service, 2008; Emmett Burn Leadership Award, 2008; NAACP, The Excellence in Education Award, 2008; Pioneer Award, Baltimore County Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 2010; Baltimore County Public Schools Academy of Finance Award for Leadership, 2012; Baltimore County NAACP, Education Award, 2020; Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee Community Service Award, 2020.
- Biographical Information
- University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., English Education, 1971; Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD., M.S., Urban Education, 1975; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., Theater Fellowship, 1976; Loyola College, Baltimore, MD., Supervision and Administration Certification, 1989; Sewanee, University of the South, Education Ministry; Educational Certification: Teacher 6-12; Administrator I and II; Principal's Certification, 2021; Baltimore City Schools (BCS), English Teacher, 1971-1975; United Way of Central Maryland, Director of Community Programs, 1975-1977; Baltimore City Schools, Drama and Speech Teacher, 1977-1988; Federal Bureau of Investigation, Agent, 1983-1988; Baltimore County Public Schools, Teacher, Chair, Equity Specialist Assistant Principal, Principal, 1988-2012; Morgan State University, Instructor, Graduate Cohort, 2010-2013; Baltimore County Board of Education (elected) 2018-2022.
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