Years Served
December 2018 - Present
Committee Assignment
Appropriations-Human Services; Adoption & Child Welfare (Vice-Chairperson); Elem Sec Ed: Adm., Lic. & Charter; Judiciary - Criminal; Mental Health; Special Issues (ACSI) (Sub-Chairperson); Juvenile Justice and System Involve; Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Reg..
Biography
Full-time legislator; social service administrator, community organizer, and policy advocate; B.A. in Justice Studies from Northeastern Illinois University; former founding executive director of the Center for Changing Lives; former board chair of Latin United Community Housing Association and Logan Square Neighborhood Association; daughter of immigrant parents, and the first Guatemalan-American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.