Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, District 131, 2005-present

Former Member, Texas State Board of Education

Candidate, Texas State House of Representatives, District 131, 2022, 2024

Member, Corrections Committee

Vice Chair, Public Education Committee

Former Member, House Administration Commitee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Public Education Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Educator Quality, Texas State House of Representatives

Member, Corrections Committee, Texas State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Vice Chair, Public Education Committee, Texas State House of Representatives, 2023-2024

Former Vice Chair, Corrections Committee, Texas State House of Representatives, 2019-2022

Former Assistant Principal, Foster Elementary School

Former Principal, GBM Turner Elementary School

Former Teacher, Grimes Elementary School

Former Teacher, Parker Elementary School

Former Principal, Peck Elementary School

Motivational Speaker/Educational Consultant/Professor, Prairie View A&M University

Former Adjunct Professor, Texas Southern University

Former Principal, Windsor Village Vanguard Magnet School

School Administrator, Houston School District, 1961-2000

Member, American Association of Curriculum and Development, present

Member, American Association of Supervision and Curriculum, present

Member, Baylor Adult Literacy Board, present

Member, Child Care Council of Greater Houston, present

Member, Harris County District Board, present

Member, Houston Association of Professional Administrators, present

Board Member, Houston Red Cross, present

Member, Houston Women's Center Board, present

Member, Iota Lambda Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, present

Member, Johnny J. Roberson Scholarship Fund, present

Member, Julius C. Hester House Board, present

Member, Lou Rawls United Negro College Fund Telethon, present

Member, Mental Health Mental Retardation Board of Harris County, present

Member, Mount Hebron Baptist Church, present

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, present

Member, National Association of Democratic Women, present

Member, National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), present

Member, National Women of Achievement, present

Member, Rice University Women's Athletic Board, present

Member, Texans Concerned for Superior Schools, present

Member, Texas Association of School Administrators, present

Member, The Art Institute, present

Member, Top Ladies of Distinction, present

Member, University of Houston Alumni Board, present

Member, Women's Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Xi Alpha Omega Chapter, present

Former Member, Advisory Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Camp

President, National Association of State Boards of Education

Awards:

Principal of the year, District 5
Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Houston
Texas Freedom Network "Walking the Walk Award," Governor Ann Richards
Living Legend Award, Texas Alliance Of Black School Educators

Number of Grandchildren:

Five Grandchildren