She has served as the President of the Community School Board of Education in District 32, founded the North Brooklyn Residents Association, and is a member on the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, which was founded by her predecessor, former Assemblymember Vito Lopez.

She is also a member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Task Force on Women's Issues, and the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, which she formerly chaired.

[12] Davila has frequently found herself leading a group of Brooklyn politicians calling for reform in the Kings County Democratic Party, criticizing the leadership of Chair and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

[13] In 2022, Davila challenged Bichotte Hermelyn with support from the reformist organization New Kings Democrats.

[14] In 2009, Davila ran for New York City Council in the 34th District and lost to Diana Reyna in the Democratic Primary.