Senator Biography

• Married to April Street, 5 children

• Member of the American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and National Bar Associations, member of the Philadelphia Barristers Association; formerly Chief Legislative Advisor to the Democratic Chair of the Housing and Urban Development Committee and creator of Philadelphia Green Communities; co-founder and served on the Board of Directors of Urban Solution, a non-profit corporation created to address the health needs of traditionally under-served communities; council for HOPE VI, formerly managing director of the Housing Association of Delaware Valley; served on the board of the North Central Philadelphia Empowerment Zone's Housing Trust Fund and was a member of the North-Central Empowerment Zone's Community Advisory Committees for Housing, Crime and Public Safety, and Economic Development; and current member of Philadelphia's African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs Commission.

• Attorney/ State Senator

• Morehouse College, Cum Laude, B.A. in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance. University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1999.