Senator, Connecticut State Senate, District 2, 2017-present

Deputy President Pro Tempore, Connecticut State Senate, 2017-present

Former Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 2, 2022

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2004-2017

Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2011-2012

Member, Appropriations Committee

Co-Chair, Education Committee

Vice Chair, Energy and Technology Committee

Member, Government Administration and Elections Committee

Ranking Member, Internship Committee

Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education

Member, Subcommittee on Health

Former Co-Chair, Aging Committee, Connecticut State House

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Banking Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Banking Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Children Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Commerce Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Education Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Housing Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Connecticut State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Judicial and Corrections, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulation and Protection, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation Bonding, Connecticut State Senate

Former Teacher/Vice Principal, Lewis Fox Middle School

Former Teacher, Sarah J. Rawson Lewis Elementary

Former Vice Principal, Weaver High School

Vice Principal, Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), 2009-2013

Member, Connecticut Black & Puerto Rican Caucus, present

Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, present

Co-Founder, Benjamin E. Mays Institute

Volunteer, Boys & Girls Club

Coach, Hartford Hurricanes

Coach, Hartford’s Northend Little League

Member, Sons of Thunder Coalition

Member, Democratic Town Committee, District 7, 2002-2017

Awards:

Man of the Year, Bethel AME Church, 2002; Man of the Year, Delta Sigma Theta.