Biography
• Native New Orleanian
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Southwestern Louisiana, With Distinction
• Teacher, Junior High and High School English
• Juris Doctor, Loyola School of Law, cum laude
• President of Parkview Neighborhood Association
-Created post-Katrina Block Captain System for neighborhood to monitor
re-population, provide notices of meetings and report infrastructure, street lighting,
blighted housing and other issues
-Successfully fought to shut down nuisance bar at 3841 Orleans Avenue, former
Tyler’s Bar and Lyric Café, and worked to secure zoning change to two-family
residential
• Attorney for Port of New Orleans in their successful lawsuit against their insurance
companies after Hurricane Katrina
• Led drive to refurbish Fire Engine #35 and repaint the firehouse after Katrina
• Successfully fought to shut down nuisance bar at 3841 Orleans Avenue, former
Tyler’s Bar and Lyric Café, and worked to secure zoning change to two-family residential
• District A Neighborhood Presidents’ Council
• District 5 Neighborhood Recovery Steering Committee, 2006-2007
• Mid-City Security District Board of Commissioners
• Bayou St. John Conservation Alliance Steering Committee
• Mid-City Neighborhood Association
• Friends of Lafitte Corridor
• Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
