Member, Oversight Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes and Assisted-Living Facilities, 2023-; Government Efficiency Commission, 2024-.
Member of House of Delegates, January 12, 2011 to October 9, 2012. Removed from office on October 9, 2012. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2011-12 (civil law & procedure subcommittee, 2011-12). Member, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Committee, Prince George's County Delegation, 2011-12. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2011-12; Women Legislators of Maryland, 2011-12.
Chief of Staff, Division of Correction, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 2004-05.
Born in Washington, DC., April 22, 1977. Attended Central High School, Capitol Heights, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (criminology & criminal justice). Volunteer teacher, AmeriCorps National Service Corporation, 1999-2001. David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia, J.D., 2002. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2004. Attorney [license suspended Sept. 25, 2012]. Founder and principal, Alston Law Office, 2004-. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (correctional reform section, chair, 2007; criminal law & practice section; family & juvenile law section; solo & small firm section); Maryland Black Women's Bar Association (president, 2007); J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association (treasurer, 2008). Mentor, I Have a Dream Foundation, 1995-. Member, Willow Grove Civic Association (treasurer, 2010); Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Married; one child.
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