Born Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador, July 5, 1977; married. Graduate Alexander Hamilton H.S. (Milwaukee) 1996; B.A. Marquette U. 2002. Full-time legislator. Former analyst for a supermarket company; outreach coordinator for Hispanics for School Choice.
Elected to Assembly in November 2013 special election; reelected 2014.
Member of Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership Council
(first or second author, first sponsor)
2/25/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 951
Relating to: summer school payments to operators of independent charter schools and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 626
Relating to: injunctions against harrassment and abuse.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 767
Relating to: injunctions against harrassment and abuse.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 753
Relating to: exemption from fees relating to security freezes on consumer credit reports.
11/24/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 545
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
11/3/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: recognizing November 2015 as Prematurity Awareness Month.
11/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 70
Relating to: recognizing November 2015 as Prematurity Awareness Month.
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 338
Relating to: creating a summer reading improvement program in the Milwaukee Public School District and making appropriations. (FE)
9/14/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 339
Relating to: eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
7/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 284
Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
6/26/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 204
Relating to: causing or threatening bodily harm to certain child welfare and juvenile justice workers, and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
5/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 219
Relating to: income and sales and use tax audits and statistical sampling. (FE)
4/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 193
Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling.
3/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 83
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 16
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
1/22/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 772
Relating to: consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations.
1/20/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 751
Relating to: special needs scholarship program. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 740
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 742
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 744
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 739
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain interest paid on qualified education loans. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 743
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 741
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/19/2016: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 734
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 723
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
1/13/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 698
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 673
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 666
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 665
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/7/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 654
Relating to: decreases in the number of Milwaukee County board supervisory districts. (FE)
1/4/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 628
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 581
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)
11/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 515
Relating to: recycling grants for local governments and making an appropriation. (FE)
11/4/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 478
Relating to: disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil.
10/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 440
Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 408
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 394
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/12/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 391
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 378
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 385
Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 380
Relating to: reports to the Department of Justice from special units maintained by law enforcement agencies. (FE)
10/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 381
Relating to: no-knock search warrants. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 368
Relating to: regulation of persons that own or operate dental practices and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 361
Relating to: authorizing local government employees to participate in ancillary insurance coverage programs offered by the Group Insurance Board to state employees. (FE)
9/25/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 357
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.
8/26/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 321
Relating to: the school district budget summary, annual audit, and annual report.
8/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 312
Relating to: limitations on requiring vaccination against influenza.
8/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 303
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Workforce Development from requiring a job seeker to furnish his or her social security number to that department as a precondition to using the services of the job center network, including using the job center network Internet site. (FE)
8/6/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 54
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 44
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
6/2/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 43
Relating to: the life and public service of Representative Thomas Archer Lothian.
4/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 167
Relating to: adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 23
Relating to: remembrance of April 24, 2015, as the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
4/1/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 147
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Resolution 6
Relating to: celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2015.
2/23/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 56
Relating to: University of Wisconsin System reports regarding remedial courses in English and mathematics.
2/17/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 46
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
1/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 4
Relating to: honoring the service of all military working dogs.
1/27/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 10
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child and at-risk adult abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
1/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 1
Relating to: a school review system, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
2/11/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 102
Relating to: requesting the department of health services and the department of children and families to seek waiver approval to create a sliding scale for eligibility for public benefit programs.
1/27/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 642
Relating to: career and workforce education pilot program and making appropriations. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 615
Relating to: special needs scholarship program. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 84
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as Black History Month.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 622
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for certain interest paid on qualified education loans. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 596
Relating to: consolidation of various appropriations to the Department of Workforce Development for various workforce training programs into a single appropriation to that department for workforce training, restructuring of the career and technical education incentive grant program administered by that department, and making appropriations.
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 593
Relating to: assisting University of Wisconsin System students in securing internships with businesses and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 592
Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 595
Relating to: requiring institutions of higher education to provide information to students relating to educational costs and financial literacy. (FE)
1/22/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 594
Relating to: requiring the Department of Workforce Development to provide student internship coordination and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 81
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 5, 2016, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/15/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 583
Relating to: grants for participation in robotics competitions and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/11/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 547
Relating to: requirements imposed on retailers of liquefied petroleum gas for proving financial responsibility.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 540
Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 544
Relating to: throwing or expelling a bodily fluid at a prosecutor and providing a criminal penalty.
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 546
Relating to: administrative subpoena for investigating Internet crimes against children, creating an Internet crimes against children surcharge, and making an appropriation. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 528
Relating to: suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses. (FE)
1/8/2016: 2015 Senate Bill 533
Relating to: regulating the production and use of photo identification cards by local units of government. (FE)
12/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 488
Relating to: creating a program to protect the confidentiality of addresses for victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)
12/11/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 449
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 420
Relating to: grants to the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University to conduct a summer reading improvement program in Milwaukee and making appropriations. (FE)
12/3/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 412
Relating to: providing lifesaving skills instruction to pupils. (FE)
10/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 353
Relating to: disclosure of pupil records that are pertinent to addressing a pupil's educational needs to the Department of Children and Families, a county department of human services or social services, or a tribal organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the pupil.
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 327
Relating to: regulation of persons that own or operate dental practices and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
10/14/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 317
Relating to: child support income withholding orders, deferred prosecution agreements, determining the amount of a home visitation program grant, modifications to the references to Milwaukee County by population, modifications to certain appropriations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
10/13/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 312
Relating to: review of proposed changes to public employee group health insurance programs.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 304
Relating to: amending various rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families governing the certification of child care operators, governing the licensing of child welfare agencies, and establishing standards for the operation of child care centers; and eliminating rules promulgated by the Department of Children and Families related to retaining public assistance case records.
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 297
Relating to: reports to the Department of Justice from special units maintained by law enforcement agencies. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 296
Relating to: no-knock search warrants. (FE)
10/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 293
Relating to: behavioral health care coordination pilot projects, psychiatric consultation reimbursement pilot project, access to information on availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, and making appropriations. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 280
Relating to: the age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not been charged with certain violent offenses, and has not, after previously being convicted of a crime or adjudicated delinquent, been charged with a crime or alleged in a complaint or citation to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance, is subject to juvenile court jurisdiction. (FE)
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 283
Relating to: authorized activities of Class A beer retailers and of brewers.
9/30/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 278
Relating to: authorizing local government employees to participate in ancillary insurance coverage programs offered by the Group Insurance Board to state employees. (FE)
9/9/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 253
Relating to: eligibility for monthly subsidized guardianship payments of a person who develops a familial relationship with a child or the child's family during the child's placement in out-of-home care, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
8/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 234
Relating to: the school district budget summary, annual audit, and annual report.
7/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 219
Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Workforce Development from requiring a job seeker to furnish his or her social security number to that department as a precondition to using the services of the job center network, including using the job center network Internet site. (FE)
7/22/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 45
Relating to: proclaiming February 2016 as USO Wisconsin Month.
6/5/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 41
Relating to: recognizing the nineteenth day of June, 2015, as Juneteenth Day.
6/2/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 40
Relating to: the life and service of Wisconsin State Trooper Trevor Casper.
5/1/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 141
Relating to: the notification of relatives when a child is removed from the custody of the child's parent and placement of a child with a parent of a sibling of the child who has custody of the sibling.
4/20/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 130
Relating to: adopting federal law as it relates to an income tax deduction for certain educators. (FE)
4/8/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 117
Relating to: battery and threats to a judge, a prosecutor, or a law enforcement officer and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)
3/13/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 17
Relating to: proclaiming March 2015 as Concussion Awareness Month.
3/5/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 70
Relating to: off-duty law enforcement officers and former law enforcement officers going armed with firearms on or near school grounds.
2/3/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 10
Relating to: proclaiming Friday, February 6, 2015, to be National Wear Red Day in recognition of heart disease awareness and prevention.
1/30/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: the life and service of Annette Polly Williams.
1/29/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 14
Relating to: posters regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. (FE)
1/28/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 11
Relating to: directional signage for the Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee County.
1/23/2015: 2015 Senate Bill 9
Relating to: jurisdiction in matters relating to domestic abuse restraining orders and injunctions, child abuse restraining orders and injunctions, and harassment restraining orders and injunctions. (FE)
2/25/2016: 2015 AA1-AB951
2/18/2016: 2015 AA9-AB251
2/18/2016: 2015 AA8-AB251
1/27/2016: 2015 AA1-AB767
11/4/2015: 2015 AA1-AB284
