Tenure

Elected to the Maryland General Assembly in November 2022. Member of the House of Delegates since January 11, 2023.

Current Assignments

2023 Health and Government Operations Committee

2023 Insurance and Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee

2023 Health Occupations and Long-Term Care Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee

2023 Secretary, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland

2023 Women Legislators of Maryland

2024 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus

Public Service

Local/Video Lottery/Development Council, Prince George's County, 2023-; Interim President, Partnership for Renewal Iin Central and Southern Maryland (PRISCM), 2022-; New Americans Council, 2009-2013.

Memberships

Sisters for Sisters Network, Inc.; The Emanon's, Inc..

Biographical Information

Born in Camden, New Jersey, July 9, 1963; Edgewood Regional Senior High School, 1981; Howard University, B.A., Political Science, 1990; Howard University School of Divinity, Master of Divinity, 1999; University of Maryland, Baltimore, M.S., Social Work, 2002; Investigative Hotline Social Worker, Washington, D.C. Child and Family Services Agency, Child Protective Services, 2002-present; President/CEO, Gabriel's Lyric Therapeutic Services, LLC, 2014-present; Ordained an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 2004; Pastor of the Cornerstone AME Church of LaPlata, MD, 2005-2012; Pastor of the Jabez Christian Community Church, White Plains, MD, 2012-present; Two children (one deceased).