Biography:
— Representative from North Carolina.
— Born in Snow Hill, Greene County, N.C., August 29, 1971.
— Graduated from MacArthur High School, Irving, Tex., 1989.
— B.S., United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1994.
— M.S., Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., 1997.
— M.A., East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 2001.
— Ed.D., East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 2007.
— United States Air Force, 1994-2001.
— Assistant professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 1998-2001.
— Adjunct professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 2001-2007.
— Lay minister.
— Mayor of Snow Hill, N.C., 2001-2008.
— Member of the North Carolina state senate, 2009-2011, 2013-2022.
— Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).