Senator, Washington State Senate, District 36, 2023-present

Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Washington State Senate, 2024-2025

Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, District 36 Position 1, 2016-2023

Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 36, 2022

Candidate, Washington House of Representatives, District 36 Position 2, 2012

Vice Chair, Human Services Committee

Vice Chair, Ways and Means Committee

Former Vice Chair, Finance Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Housing, Community Development, and Veterans Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Human Services and Early Learning Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Labor and Workplace Standards Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Rules Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, State Government, Elections & Information Technology Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Director of Policy and Planning/ Senior Associate, BDS Planning and Urban Design Incorporated, 2016-present

Precinct Committee Officer, 36th District Democrats, 2006-present

Former Political Director, 36th District Democrats

Former Deputy Campaign Manager, Approve Referendum 71 Campaign

Director, Amplify, 2010-2015

Project Manager, Pyramid Communications, 2008-2010

Senior Analyst, Lake Partners Strategy Consultants, 2005-2007

Voter Contact Manager, Washington State Democrats, 2000-2005

Legislative Correspondent, Office of United States Senator Maria Cantwell, 2001-2004

Member, Tax Structure Reform Group, 2017-present

Co-Captain, Greenwood Emergency Communication Hub, 2015-present

Member, Washington State Partnership Council for Juvenile Justice, present

Member/Former Co-Chair, Education Task Force, Seattle CityClub

Foster Parent, State of Washington, 2012-2015

Member, Parent Teacher Association, Garfield High School, 2013-2014

Member, Parent Teacher Association, Hamilton International Middle School Member, 2012-2013

Member, Board of Directors, The Washington Bus, 2007-2012

Member, Board of Directors, King County Conservation Voters, 2008-2009

Participant, Leadership Tomorrow, 2007

Memeber/ Legislative Liason, Parent Teacher Association, Ballard High School, 2005-2007

Awards:

George F. Hixon Fellow, Kiwanis International

Favorite Quote:

"We must become the change we want to see in the world." --Mahatma Gandhi

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." --Eleanor Roosevelt

"We are the ones we have been waiting for." --Barack Obama

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Photography, listening to The Beatles and other music, playing with my favorite kittens, visiting my family and the farm in Battle Ground (Clark County), home improvement and gardening