Former Assistant Majority Leader, Colorado State Senate

Senator, Colorado State Senate, District 32, 2011-2019

Former Vice Chair, Business, Labor and Technology Committee, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Alabama State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Colorado State Senate

Former Member, Local Government and Energy Committee, Colorado State Senate

Member, Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Member, Minority Healthy Advisory Committee, Colorado Department of Health

Former Member, State, Veterans, and Military Affairs, Colorado State Senate

Instructor, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado

Supervisor, Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado

Physician, Primary Care, Denver Health Westside Family Health Center

Member, Colorado Development Disabilities Council

Member, Colorado State Board, Medical Examiners

Member, Health Benefits Advisory Board, Colorado Division of Insurance

Favorite Book:

The Audacity of Hope, Catcher In The Rye, Lonesome Dove, Lord Of The Rings, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, Eat, Pray, Love, The Kite Runner, Harry Potter, Dude, Where's My Country?

Favorite Musician:

Bob Marley, The Who, The Beatles, Natalie Merchant, Carol King, Dave Mathews Band, Carly Simon

Favorite Quote:

"Cowardice asks the question 'Is it safe?'
Expediency asks the question 'Is it politic?'
But conscience asks the question 'Is it right?'
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular because conscience tells one it is right."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Spending Time With My Family, Going to the Movies, Relaxing, Reading Books, Camping, Biking, Hiking