- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Educator
 - Parent/Child Advocate, San Diego Unified School District Harold J. Ballard Parent Center, Project Ujima
 - Lecturer, U.C. San Diego; Assistant Professor, SDSU; Visiting Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia; , Graduate Teaching Fellow, SUNY Binghamton
 - B.A., Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, M.A., Humanities (Women's Studies Emphasis), and Ph.D., Sociology
 - Governor Gray Davis Commendation for Service to the Community and SDSU
 - Special Congressional Recognition, Outstanding and Invaluable Service to the Community
 - President's Award for Community Service, San Diego Branch, NAACP
  
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