Candidate, Hawaii State Senate, District 22, 2022

Senator, Hawaii State Senate, District 21, 2011-2022

Representative, Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 45, 2003-2011

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2004

Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee

Member, Health and Human Services Committee

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate, 2023-present

Former Member, Government Operations Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, International Affairs and the Arts Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Transportation Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Transportation and Energy Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Former Member, Water, Land, and Agriculture Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Member, Ways and Means Committee, Hawaii State Senate

Vice Chair, Hawaiian Affairs Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2009-2010

Chair, Human Services & Housing Committee, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2005-2006

Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 2001-present

Law Clerk, District Court, State of Hawai‘i

Former Attorney, Legal Services Organization

Law Clerk, Honorable George Kimura, Hawaii State District Court, 2000-2001

Legislative Analyst, Marcus Oshiro, Hawaii State House of Representatives, 2001

Law Clerk, State District Court, 2000-2001

Legal Assistant, Alan B. Burdick, Attorney-at-Law, 1998-1999

Paralegal, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 1992-1998

Research Assistant, University of Hawaii School of Law, 1998

Reporter, The Leeward Coaster, 1992-1997

Editorial Intern, Trade Publishing Company, 1996

Specialist, State Health Insurance Program, Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, 1989

Member, Friends of Ohikilolo, 2017-present

Member, Fundraising Committee, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 2012-present

Volunteer, Women of Wai'anae, 2010-present

Member, Wai‘anae Community Advisory Board, Leeward Community College, 2009-present

Grant Writer/Volunteer/Event Coordinator, People's Path, 2008-present

Member, Wai'anae Elks Club, 2004-present

Member, Hawaii State Bar Association, 2002-present

Community Service Volunteer, Young Lawyers Division, Hawaii State Bar Association, 2002-present

Member, Nā Loio ‘O He‘e Nalu, University of Hawaii Law School Surf Club, 1997-present

Former Member, Kokua Council

Former Member, Lerward Jaycees

Former Board Member, Wai'anae Maritime Academy

Member, MA'O Organic Farm Fundraising Committee, 2006-2011

Member, Wai'anae Lions Club, 2003-2009

Member, Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board, 2008

Member, Empower Waianae Steering Committee, 2003-2007

Chair, Health & Human Services Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii, 2007

Member, Welfare and Employment Rights Coalition, 2001-2006

Awards:

Aloha Spirit Award, Landshark Invitational Surf Meet, 2019; K.E.L.I.I. Foundation Honorable Recognition, 2019; Ku'i 'Ai Award, Ku'i at the Capitol, 2019; "Pick of the Year" Award, Advocates for Public Interest Law, 2016; Honoree, Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club, 2014; Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year, Hawaii Women Lawyers, 2013; 25 People for the Next 25 Years, Hawaii Business Magazine, 2007; Distinguished Supporter Award, University of Hawaii Center for Hawaiian Studies, 2006; , Best Up and Coming Legislator, Honolulu Weekly, 2005; Hawaii Women's Legal Auxiliary Scholarship, 2000; Advocates for Public Interest Law Grantee, 1998

Father's Name:

James Shimabukuro, Dr. Fred Dodge (step father)

Father's Occupation:

a professor at Kapi"olani Community College, Medical director and a family physician at WCCHC (Fred Dodge)

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Surfing, traveling

Mother's Name:

Karen Young

Mother's Occupation:

nurse practitioner at Wai"anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (or "WCCHC")