Tenure

First elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018. Member of the House since January 9, 2019.

Current Assignments

2023 Environment and Transportation Committee

2024 Natural Resources, Agriculture, & Open Space Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2023 Motor Vehicle and Transportation Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee

2024 1st Vice President, Women Legislators of Maryland (Member, 2019; Second Vice President, 2023-2024)

2024 Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus (2019-2020)

Past House Service

Environment Subcommittee of the Environment and Transportation Committee, 2023-2024; Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2023; Early Childhood Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2021-2023; Education Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2023; Racing and Gaming Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee, 2020; Finance Resources Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, 2019.

Public Service

Board of Directors, Kennedy Krieger Institute, 2020-; Maryland Commission on Disabilities, 2020-; Board Member, Maryland State Department of Education, 2015-2019; Maryland School Safety Sub-Cabinet Behavioral Threat Assessment Workgroup, 2018; MSDE Online Learning Workgroup, 2018; Maryland High School Graduation Task Force, Asessment Committee, 2017-2018; Maryland Adult Learning Access Commission, 2017-2018; MSDE Innovative School Scheduling Workgroup, 2017; MSDE Disproportionality in Special Education Workgroup, 2016-2017; Governor's P-20 Leadership Council, At Risk Students Workgroup, 2015-2018; Chair, Maryland State Board of Education Mental Health Committee, 2010-2018; Volunteer Crisis Counselor, Iowa Sexual Abuse Intervention Program, 1993-1995; Chair, Tourette Association of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, 2006-.

Memberships

Maryland Legislative Transit Caucus, 2019-.

Awards

Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record, 2023, 2018; IA Coalition Against domest Violence Advocacy Award, 1998; University of Iowa Panhellenic Teaching Award, 1997.

Biographical Information

Born, Madison, Tennessee, October 19, 1966; Baldwin County High School, 1985; Vanderbilt University, B.A., Psychology and Anthropology, 1989; Radcliffe College Graduate Consortium of Women's Studies/Brandeis University, M.A. Psychology and Women's Studies, 1992; Graduate Research Assistant, Wellesley College Center for Women, 1991-1992; Counselor, Preterm Women's Health Clinic, Boston, MA, 1992-1993; Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Iowa Department of Psychology, 1993-1996; Brandeis University, Ph.D., Developmental and Social Psychology, 1996; Program Developer for At-Risk-Families, Iowa City Domestic Violence Center, 1994-1999; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Department of Psychology, 1995-1999; Educational Consultant and Family Educator, Durham County North Carolina, Dept. of Mental Health, 2000-2002; Married; three children.