I currently serve Jamaica as the Minister of Labour and Social Security and as the duly elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of South East Clarendon. 

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As an executive member of the Jamaica National Commission for UNESCO, who serves as the Chairman of the UNESCO Youth Advisory Committee (UNESCOJAYAC), I conceptualized the UNESCOJAYAC Ambassador programme which has brought several youths across the country together to embark on a number of initiatives to boost youth engagement and participation in national development.

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Additionally, I served as the Chairman of the National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management (NCOCZM), a multi-sector, multi-stakeholder, high level advisory body to Cabinet on ocean and coastal zone affairs, and its committees. With a keen interest in the promotion and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in July 2018 I led the Jamaican delegation to the United Nations that successfully presented the country's Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the SDG's. This was presented at the High Level Political forum of the UN Economic and Social Council.

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As a Government Senator, I served on the Senate Standing Orders Committee and Private Bills Committee.​

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During my tenure as the Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, I served with distinction, having specific responsibility for the Department of Correctional Services, The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force and special projects within the national security portfolio. With a focus on youth development, I established the Learning by Doing Competition in 2016, promoting a student-centred approach to rehabilitation. In 2017 this initiative evolved into the We Transform Programme, a Youth Empowerment and Reintegration Programme operating across all Juvenile institutions in the Department of Correctional Services.