COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• ACCOMPLISHED EDUCATOR & COMMUNITY LEADER
•  Led a campaign to save one of the State’s oldest Catholic Schools
• Offering a strong historical and political science background and 16 years of professional education experience
• Founder and Organizer of the after-school activities club, “Talented Tenth Leadership Organization” at Hamilton High School – the program teaches leadership and gang resistance to at-risk teens
• Ordained Minister at Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick

GENERAL INFO

• First appointed and sworn-in to New Brunswick City Council to fill an unexpired term on July 5, 2012
• Elected to full, 4-year term to the New Brunswick City Council on November 6, 2012
• B.A. degree in Political Science, emphasis in Law and African American Studies, Upsala College, East Orange, NJ (1993)
• Served as Student Government Association President from 1991 -1993
• Founded and served as President of the African American Leadership Council
• 4-year letter winner for football, Captain in 1991
• Elder/Ordained Minister, Abundant Life Family Worship Church, New Brunswick
• The church is a vital cog in New Brunswick, with over 3,000 members
• The church has aided in the improvement of the spiritual and social fabric of the community
• An educator with the Hamilton Township and East Orange public school districts
• Social Studies, Economics and Law teacher of various grades, and responsible for educating special needs children
• Founder of a group of students teaching leadership skills and gang resistance
• The leader of the “Save St. Peters” Campaign in New Brunswick
• Served as a leader of a campaign to save what was at the time the oldest Catholic School in New Jersey
• Responsible for organizing and co-facilitating all meetings, communicate with media and supervise all relevant activities associated with the campaign
• Head Varsity and Assistant Coach in basketball, football, tennis, and fencing
• Awarded “Coach of the Year” a number of times and has served as a mentor to students who have participated in the various sports programs