Assistant President Pro Tempore, Michigan State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 1, 2023-Present

Minority Caucus Chair, Michigan State Senate, 2019-2022

Senator, Michigan State Senate, District 6, 2019-2022

Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 12, 2015-2019

Candidate, Michigan State Senate, District 6, 2018

Member, Economic and Community Development Committee

Vice Chair, Education Committee

Member, Health Policy Committee

Member, Housing and Human Services Committee

Member, Oversight Committee

Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Member, Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, present

Member, Michigan Legislative Hispanic Caucus, present

Member, Progressive Women's Caucus, present

Former Member, Commerce and Trade Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Policy Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Michigan State House of Representatives

Former Second Vice Chair, Michigan Competitiveness Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives

Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Michigan State Senate

Former Member, Workforce and Talent Development Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives

Owner/Operator, Red Pencil Editing Services, 2001-present

Former Instructor, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Writer, World Energy Monthly Review

Former Adjunct Faculty, Wayne County Community College District, 2013-2015

Adjunct Faculty, Art Institute of Michigan-Troy, 2011-2014

Copy Editor, World Energy Source, 2006-2010

Editor-in-Chief/Publisher, theWAHMmagazine, 2007-2008

Curatorial Liason, Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, 2003-2005

Director of Education, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, 2000-2003

Fellow, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997-2000

Member, American Federation of Teachers, present

Member, Association of Art Editors, present

Member, Beaumont Teen Health Center-Taylor Advisory Board, present

Member, Downriver Chapter, American Association of University Women, present

Member, Taylor Career Technical Education Center Advisory Board, present

Member, Taylor Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force, present

Member, Tomasso Juglaris Autobiography Commission, present

Advisor, Vista Maria Board, present

Board Member, Wayne County Council for the Arts, History, and Humanities, present

Fellow, Council of State Governments, Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development

Undergraduate Liason, Task Force on the Curriculum

Chair/Member, Taylor Cultural Arts Commission, 2010-2012

Member, Master Plan Steering Committee, City of Taylor, 2007-2008

Publications:

Contributing Author: Monet, Renoir and the Impressionist Landscape (MFA, Boston 2000)

The Passion of Christ (Publications International, Lincolnwood Illinois, 2004)

The Right Words for Any Occasion (Publications International, Lincolnwood IL, 2008)