Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 4, 2022-present

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 4, 2026

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 4, 2024

Member, Appropriations for General Services

Member, Appropriations for Health and Human Services

Member, Child Care Accessibility and Early Childhood Education Committee

Member, Energy and Environment Committee

Chair, Housing Committee

Member, Immigration and Human Rights Committee

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Judiciary-Civil Committee

Member, Labor and Commerce Committee

Member, Labor and Commerce Subcommittee on Minority and Women Business

Member, Restorative Justice Committee

Member, Appropriations-General Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Energy & Environment Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Chair, Housing Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Immigration & Human Rights Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Insurance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Judiciary - Civil Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Labor & Commerce Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Member, Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives, present

Administrator, Office of Immigrant & Refugee Services, Illinois Department of Human Services, 2019-2022

Chief of Staff, Cook County Government, 2017-2018

Director of Policy, Cook County Government, District 7, 2015-2017

Director, Fair Labor Standards Division, Illinois Department of Labor, 2012-2015

Superintendent-Illinois OSHA, Illinois Department of Labor, 2012

National Legal Coordinator, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, 2011-2012

Civil Rights Investigator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 2009-2011

Paralegal, MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 2006-2008

Citizenship Coordinator, Association House of Chicago, 2004-2006

Parent Leadership Coordinator, Erie Neighborhood House, 2003-2005

Education Coordinator, Workers United, an affiliate of SEIU (formerly UNITE!), 2000-2003

Board Member, National Lawyers Guild, 2012-present

Member, Puerto Rican Bar Association, 2010-present

Member, Chicago Bar Association, 2009-present

Member, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, 2009-present

Awards:

Culture of Health Leaders Fellow
Issued by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Sep 2016

Chicago Bar Foundation Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship
Issued by Chicago Bar Foundation · May 2011

Latino Law Student Association Scholarship Recipient
Issued by DePaul University · Jan 2010

Puerto Rican Bar Association Community Service Scholarship Recipient
Issued by Puerto Rican Bar Association · January 2010

Monsignor Egan Hope Scholarship Recipient
Issued by DePaul University · January 1996

Publications:

America's Legacy of Xenophobia
California Western Law Review, LatCrit XVI Symposium, Presented by Latina/o Critical Legal Theory, Inc. · Apr 1, 2012