Senator, California State Senate, District 21, 2024-present

Democratic Caucus Chair, California State Senate, 2023-present

Senator, California State Senate, District 19, 2020-2024

Candidate, California State Senate, District 21, 2024

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 37, 2016-2020

Candidate, California State Senate, District 19, 2020

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 37, 2016, 2018

Assistant Majority Whip, California State General Assembly, 2017

Member, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee

Member, Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee

Member, Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee

Member, Health Committee

Member, Human Services Committee

Member, Joint Committee on Rules

Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management

Chair, Natural Resources and Water Committee

Member, Select Committee on California's Wine Industry

Member, Select Committee on Minority Economic Development

Chair, Select Committee on the Nonprofit Sector

Member, Transportation Committee

Member, Transportation Subcommittee on LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency

Former Member, Banking and Finance Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Budget Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Coastal Protection Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Economic Development and Investment in Rural California Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Fisheries and Aquaculture Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Health Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Housing and Community Development Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, California State Assembly

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on California's Clean Energy Economy, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Campus Climate, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Domestic Violence, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Health Care Access in Rural Communities, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Native American Affairs, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Uplifting Girls and Women of Color in California, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Wine, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on Women's Reproductive Health, California State Assembly

Former Chair, Select Committee on the Non-Profit Sector, California State Assembly

Former Member, Select Committee on the State of Hate, California State Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee 2 on Education Finance, California State Assembly

Member, Transportation Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Women in the Workplace, California State Assembly

Former Member, Youth and California's Future Committee, California State Assembly

Assistant Director, McNair Scholars Program, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2008-2016

Director of Diversity Recruitment and Retention Rate, University of Califronia at Santa Barbara, 2006-2008

Special Program Advisor, California Student Opportunity Access Program, Santa Barbara City College, 2002-2005

Board Member, McCune Foundation, present

Former Member, Community Engagement Committee, Granada Theatre

Former Member, Grants Review Committee Board of Directors, McCune Foundation

Former Member, Board of Directors, Leading from Within

Former Member, Board of Directors, New Beginnings Counseling Center

Former Commisioner, Santa Barbara County Commission for Women

Former Katherine Harvey Fellow, Santa Barbara Foundation

Trustee, Santa Barbara Unified School District, 2010-2016

Spouse's Occupation:

Director of Admissions and Records at Santa Barbara City College and Vice President of the 19th Agricultural District Association