Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 9, 2008-2016

Member, Children's Campaign, 2004-present

Member, Big Bend Anti-Bullying Task Force, present

Member, Capital City Tiger Bay, present

Member, Community College Caucus, present

Member, Early Childhood Caucus, present

Member, Florida Film, Entertainment and Television Caucus, present

Former Democratic Ranking Member, Finance & Tax Subcommittee

Former Member, House Education Committee, Florida

Former Member, House Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, Florida

Former Ranking Minority Member, House Higher Education & Workforce Subcommittee, Florida

Former Member, House Highway and Waterway Safety Subcommittee, Florida

Former Member, House Judiciary Committee, Florida

Former Democratic Ranking Member, Choice & Innovation Subcommittee, 2012-2014

Member, Gentiva Corporation Advisory Board of Advanced Home Health Care, 1994-2008

Moderator, Mayor's Race Relations Summit Panel, 2006

Member, Leon County Democratic Executive Committee, 2004

Educator, Tallahassee Community College, 1987-present

Consultant, Mike Vasilinda Productions, 1998-2008

DER Key Coordinator, United Way Campaign, 1986-1988

Member, Children's Campaign, 2004-present

Member, Council of Advisors, Leadership Florida, present

Chapter President, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Alumni Association, present

Member, United Way of the Big Bend, present

Chair, Board of Governers, Leadership Tallahassee

Legislative Liaison, Capital City Democratic Women's Club

Member, Capital Tiger Bay Club of Tallahassee

Member, Democratic Club of North Florida

Founding Member, Oasis Center for Women and Girls

Member, Tallahasse Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Former iBoard Member, Tallahassee Women Lawyers

Member, United Faculty of Florida Union

Member, 30th Anniversary Endowment Campaign, Legal Services of North Florida, 2007

Board Member, American Association of University Women, 2006-2007

Board Member, Common Cause, 2004-2007

Co-Chair, Nuts and Bolts Program, Chamber of Commerce, Greater Tallahassee Area, 2006-2007

Member, Board of Directors, Leon High School Foundation, 2004-2006

Board Member, Tallahassee Chapter, Zonta International Women's Service Organization, 2006

Honorary Board Member, Tallahassee Girl’s Choir of Choice, 2006

Member, The Florida Bar, Paralegal Regulation Study Committee, 2005-2006

Teacher, Bible Day Camp, Blessed Sacrament Church, 2004

Member, Kerry Legal Team, 2004

Member, North Florida for Democracy Charter Revision and Membership Outreach, 2003-2004

Assistant Leader, Girl Scout, 1991-2000

Member, Board of Directors, P.A.C.E. School for Girls, 1994-1998

Member, Early School Personnel Committee, Montessori Cooperative, 1988-1989

Coordinator, United Way Campaign, Florida State Employees, 1986-1988

Favorite Book:

Hot, Flat and Crowded; Team of Rivals; The World is Flat -- Thomas Freidman:
Under Cover -- John Roy Carlson:
The Audacity of Hope -- Barack Obama:
Little Women -- Louisa May Alcott:
Ultimate Punishment -- Scott Turow:

Favorite Movie:

The Bishop's Wife, Judgement at Buremberg, Twelve Angry Men, Silkwood, Cool Hand Luke, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Pat and Mike, The Insider, The Mortal Storm, Dr. Strangelove, Edge of Darkness

Favorite Musician:

Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Classical, Blues, Jazz, Doors, Rolling Stones, Peggy Lee, Pink Floyd, Madonna, Charlie Parker, Barbara Streisand, Marlene Dietrich, Benny Goodman, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Chuck Mangione, Copeland, Puccini

Favorite Quote:

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."
~Susan B. Anthony

"We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy -- sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." ~Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)

Favorite TV Shows:

Anderson Cooper 360, Morning Joe, The Rachel Maddow, House, Chicago Code, Blue Bloods, Burn Notice

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Gardening, Cycling, Hiking, Family, Tennis, Traveling, Writing, Good Conversation!