• Nevada Assembly, 2011-2014 (first elected November 2010)—two regular sessions

• 2011 SESSION COMMITTEES: Transportation (Vice Chair); Judiciary; Health and Human Services

• National Black Caucus of State Legislators

• 2011-2012 INTERIM COMMITTEES: Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice; Committee to Study the Structure and Operations of the Nevada Legislature; Committee to Study Trademark and Copyright Law

• Outstanding Freshman Legislator, 2011

• Barbara Buckley Community Service Award, 2001

• Roosevelt Fitzgerald Outstanding Student Award, 2001

• Kappa Alpha Psi Leadership League and Jason Frierson Day award for leadership and community service, City of Las Vegas, 1994

• Henry Toll Fellowship Program, CSG, 2012

• Graduate, Western Leadership Academy, CSG-WEST

• Leadership Las Vegas, Class of 2008

• President, Las Vegas Chapter, National Bar Association, 2005

• Special Projects Editor, Nevada Law Journal, 2001

• President, Student Bar Association, Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), 1999-2000

• President, Associated Students of the University of Nevada, 1994-1995

• Running Back, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988-1992

• AmeriCorps program, 1995-1996

• Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association

• Clark County Bar Association

• University of Nevada Alumni Association

• Alumni Association, Boyd School of Law, UNLV

• Nevada Black Elected Officials Caucus

• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

• Football Official, Southern Nevada Officials Association

• University of Nevada, Reno, B.S., Health Science

• William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), J.D.