His district included portions of Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn.

[citation needed] He is also a physician, having attended medical school in Belgium, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

[citation needed] His medical degree is from Universidad del Noreste in Mexico but he does not practice in the U.S.[1] Before he became a City Council member, he was a community organizer; he still runs a youth program in Brooklyn.

[citation needed] In 2006, Councilwoman Yvette Clarke resigned following her election to the United States Congress.

[citation needed] He is a black belt in the martial art of Taekwondo.