Member, Community School Board #18

Former Majority Program Chair, New York State Assembly

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 84, 1994-2021

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 84, 2018

Female District Leader, 74th Assembly District, 1978-1993

Member/President, Community School Board #7, 1973-1993

Former Member, Aging Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, New York State Assembly

Member, Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Children and Families Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Education Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, State/Federal Relations Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Bilingual Education, New York State Assembly

Member, Task Force on Legislative Women's Caucus, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Task Force on Women's Issues, New York State Assembly

Author, "Mis Poesias"

Executive Director, South Bronx Community Corporation, 1978

Founding Member, South Bronx Action Group, 1966-present

Founder/Honorary Chair, Entre Nosotras, Incorporated

Director, Housing Clinic, South Bronx Action Group

Member, Lincoln Hospital Advisory Board

Member, National Order of Women Legislators

Member, Planning Board One

President, Puerto Rican Women in Political Action

Member, New York State Medicaid Council, 1973-1977

Member, Youth Action Council, 1973-1977

Number of Grandchildren:

17 grandchildren