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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Political Science and Government, University of Colorado at Boulder

Professional Experience

  • BA, Political Science and Government, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Program Officer, Gill Foundation, 2011-2014
  • Deputy Political Director, President Barack Obama’s Re-Election Campaign, Colorado, 2012
  • Former Senior Policy Advisor, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr, 2007-2011

Political Experience

  • BA, Political Science and Government, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Program Officer, Gill Foundation, 2011-2014
  • Deputy Political Director, President Barack Obama’s Re-Election Campaign, Colorado, 2012
  • Former Senior Policy Advisor, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr, 2007-2011
  • Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 8, 2017-present
  • Candidate, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 8, 2018, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Finance Committee

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Legal Services

Chair, Joint Interim Study Committee on Prison Population Management

Member, Joint Study Committee on Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders

Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BA, Political Science and Government, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Program Officer, Gill Foundation, 2011-2014
  • Deputy Political Director, President Barack Obama’s Re-Election Campaign, Colorado, 2012
  • Former Senior Policy Advisor, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr, 2007-2011
  • Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 8, 2017-present
  • Candidate, Colorado State House of Representatives, District 8, 2018, 2020
  • Member, Board of Directors, Urban Peak, present
  • Member, Denver's Cultural Affairs Commission, present
  • Member, Judicial Performance Commission, Colorado State, present
  • Former President, Colorado Black Women for Political Action
  • Co-Founder/Development Director, New Era Colorado, 2006-2007

Other Info

  • Officer, Army Nurse Corps

Events

2020

Jul. 20
Live Music for Black Lives: March + Play-In With CO Musicians

Mon 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM MDT

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Jul. 12
The Lunches For Clinicians Mural - A Project by Denver Friends

Sun 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM MDT

Improper City Denver, CO

Jun. 20
Fair Tax Colorado Virtual Town Hall

Sat 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT

Facebook Live Stream