Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 106, 2013-present

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 106, 2024

Minority Whip, North Carolina State House of Representatives, 2019-2021

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 12, 2016

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Child Fatality Task Force

Member, Commerce Committee

Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee

Vice Chair, Health Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services

Member, Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Health and Human Services

Member, Wildlife Resources Committee

Former Member, Aging Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Banking Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Children, Youth, and Families Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Care Reform Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Regulatory Reform Committee, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on School Safety, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Education, Community Colleges, North Carolina State House of Representatives

Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) Staff, Carolinas Medical Center

Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) Staff, Mercy Hospital

Staff Member, Nurse Finders/Medstaff/ATS

Hospice Nurse, Maxim Healthcare Services, 2011-2014

Healthcare Educator, HPE Healthcare Professional Education Institute, 2010-2012

PRN, Maxim Healthcare Services, 2012

Member, American Nurses Association, present

Vice Chair, Heath Affairs for the Council of State Government, present

Member, Mecklenburg County Democratic Women, present

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), present

Member, North Carolina Nursing Association, present

Member, African American Caucus

Member, Black Leadership Caucus, North Carolina

Member, Black Women Caucus, Mecklenberg County

Member, Council of State Governments Health Public Policy Committee

Member, Crime Watch Program

Chair, Democratic House Caucus Women’s Issues Work Group

Member, First Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina

Member, Lillian's List

Member, Mecklenburg County Black Political Caucus

Member, Minority Health Advisory Council

President, Sunstone Community Organization

Chair, 12th Congressional District Minority Affairs, 2010-2014

Member, North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, 2011-2012

Appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue, Member, North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, 2011

Co-Chair, Charlotte Health Care Coalition, 2009

Mecklenberg County Outreach Chair, Obama Primary Faith Based Outreach Liaison, 2008

Member, North Carolina, State Executive Committee, 2006

Precinct Chair 213, Democratic Party, Monroe County, 2005

Awards:

Rosa Parks Award for Innovative Leadership, 2010, Mecklenburg County Democratic Party
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Award, 2010, President Barack Obama and Organizing for America
Courage Award, 2011, Black Political Caucus of Charlotte Mecklenburg
H. Keith Brunnemer, Jr. Award, 2014, Mental Health Association
Certificate of Excellence Award, 2015, Regional Council Legislative Honoree
ERA-NC Champion Award, 2017
Legislative Lifesaver Award, 2017, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention NC-Chapter

Names of Grandchildren:

Janiya, Sade, and Roman