Senator, Florida State Senate, District 15, 2022-present

Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 44, 2018-2022

Candidate, Florida State Senate, District 15, 2022

Senator, Florida State Senate, District 12, 2012-2016

Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, 2006-2012

Minority Leader Pro Tempore, Florida State House of Representatives, 2008-2010

Member, Agriculture Committee

Member, Banking and Insurance Committee

Vice Chair, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee

Member, Fiscal Policy Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight

Member, Judiciary Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Education

Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Former Member, Administrative Procedures Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Commerce and Tourism Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Community Affairs Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Ethics and Elections, Florida State Senate

Former Member, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Florida State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Founder, The Association to Preserve African American Society, History and Tradition, Incorporated, 2003-present

Author, "Black America: Orlando, Florida," Arcadia Publishing Series

Former Secretary, Florida State Rep.Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry

Assistant President, Valencia Community College, 1980-2004

Classroom Teacher, Orange County Public Schools, 1974-1980

Administrative Assistant, Florida A and M University, 1971-1972

Board Member, Central Florida Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 2002-present

Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, present

Member, Links, Incorporated, present

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

Board Member, Orlando Children's Trust, present

Member, Board of Directors of Florida Conservation Voters

Founder, College Reach-Out Program, Valencia College

Founder, Florida Association of Community College Equity Commission

Former President, Florida Association of Equal Opportunity Professionals

Former Board Member, Holocaust Education and Resource Center

Participant, Leadership Florida

Participant, Leadership Orlando

Executive Board Member, National Black Caucus of State Legislators

Florida Director, National Foundation for Women Legislators

Former Board Member, Orlando Performing Arts Center

Former Board Member, West Orange Health Care District

Former Trustee, West Orange Healthcare District

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2008, 2012

Commissioner, Florida Commission on Human Relations, 1987-2001

Committee Member, Florida Democratic Party, 1984-1996

Awards:

Humanitarian Award, FEA Mary McLeod Bethune
Executive Women Award

Favorite Musician:

Jazz