Family: Husband: Elmo; 2 Children: Brian, Kerry

Home: College Park, Georgia

Religion: Catholic

Education: PhD, Macon's Emmanuel Bible College, Humanities Attended, Morris Brown College

Profession: Retired Political Consultant, Educator

Political: Senator, Georgia State Senate, 2009-present Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 13, 2008 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 13, 2002, 2006 Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 35, 2004 Senator, Georgia State Senate, 1994-2002

Organization Membership: South Fulton 2002 Benjamin E. Mays High School Advisory Council Vision 2000 Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Job Corporation, board Atlanta Women's Political Caucus National Political Congress of Black Women National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women Education Committee of the Tri-Cities cluster of Atlanta Project, chair Task Force for Good Government, founder & former chair

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