Member, Democratic Party, 1975-present

Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, 2004-2010

Board Member, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, 2008

Assistant Treasurer, Genesee County Government, 1997-2004

Development Director, Genesee County Government, 1992-1996

Administrator, Michigan Department of Agriculture, 1988-1991

Program Specialist/Local Government Liaison, Governor James J. Blanchard, 1984-1988

Staff Assistant, Congressman Dale E. Kildee, 1979-1984

Assistant Director, Spanish Speaking Information Center, 1975-1979

Member, Flint Citizen's Advisory Committee, University of Michigan, 2001-present

Board Member, Old Newsboy's of Flint.

Member, United Way

Member, GI Forum/Hispanic Technology Center, 2008

Chair, Democratic Club 225, 2006

Chair, Hispanic Caucus of Genesee County Valley Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, 1995

Public Member, Michigan Board of Medicine, 1983-1984

Awards:

During my graduate work, I was awarded two Rackham Graduate Fellowships, and in 2003, I was a recipient of the Fannie Mae Foundation Fellowship, completing the "Senior Executives in State and Local Government" program conducted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The fellowship at KSG included training by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. I was the recipient of the Salute Award, presented by the Flint/Genesee Job Corps Center in 1997 and the Distinguished Public Service Award, presented by the Public Administration Faculty of U of M Flint and the Flint-Saginaw Valley Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration in 1995.