Years Served
January 2019 - Present
Committee Assignment
Appropriations-Human Services; Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies; Higher Education; Judiciary - Civil; Mental Health (Vice-Chairperson); Commercial Law Subcommittee; Family Law Subcommittee; Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommitte.
Biography
Full-time legislator; human rights attorney; B.A., Indiana University, J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law, L.L.M, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; former litigation attorney at Winston and Strawn; founding member and co-chair of the Illinois Unaccompanied Children's Task Force; former Director of the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic; former board member of the Glenview Education Foundation; lives in Glenview with her husband and three sons.