Senator, California State Senate, District 35, 2016-2024

Candidate, California State Senate, District 35, 2020

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 2009-2014

Mayor Pro Tem, City of Gardena, 2009

Member, Gardena City Council, 1997-2009

Candidate, California State Assembly, District 51, 2006

Former Chair, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, California Cities for Self-Reliance Joint Powers Authority

Former Member, Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District

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

Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Ports and Goods Movement Committee, California State Senate

Former Member, Select Committee on Women, Work and Families, California State Senate

Former Member, South Bay Regional Public Communications Authority

Former Member, Subcommittee on Gas and Electric Infrastructure Safety, California State Senate

Former Member, Women and Inequality-Strategies to Promote Opportunity Committee, California State Senate

Former Chair, Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce, 2009-2014

Former Chair, Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color in California, 2013-2014

Public Affairs Executive, Southern California Edison

Marketing Representative, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), 1983-1990

Member, California Contract Cities Association

Chair, Gardena Black History Month Celebration Committee

Chair, Gardena Jazz Festival Committee

President, Hollypark Homeowners Association

Member, Independent Cities Association

Member, League of California Cities

Member, Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Member, Southern California Association of Governments

Member, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, 1990-1994

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Golfing

Mother's Occupation:

Nurse