Current office and public-service background
Frederica S. Wilson represents Florida’s 24th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Democrat, she began congressional service on January 3, 2011, after working in public education, serving on the Miami-Dade County School Board, and holding seats in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. Her current House record identifies Miami Gardens as her hometown. The profile describes the office she holds on October 28, 2026, rather than treating a forthcoming election as a completed change of representation. S1 S2
Wilson’s career provides a distinctive example of movement from a classroom and school administration into local, state and federal policymaking. Education and the opportunities available to young people recur across those roles. That continuity is documented in her professional history; it does not mean that every program associated with her has the same legal authority, funding source or administrative structure.
Early life, education and Florida connection
Wilson was born in Miami on November 5, 1942, and graduated from Miami Northwestern Senior High School in 1959. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Fisk University in 1963 and a Master of Science degree at the University of Miami in 1972. Her official biography identifies elementary education as the field of both degrees. Those qualifications preceded her elected career and help explain why school policy became a sustained part of her work. S1 S3
Her professional and elected life has been closely connected with Miami-Dade. The official biography describes her parents as small-business owners and civil-rights activists. That is a publicly documented family connection, not a basis for adding unverified accounts of her childhood or private family relationships. Her public career can be understood without speculating about personal experiences not recorded in reliable sources. S3
Teacher, principal and school-board member
Before entering the Legislature, Wilson worked as a teacher and an assistant educational coordinator in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Head Start program. She later became principal of Skyway Elementary School. In 1992 she won a school-board seat, bringing experience of school operations into district-level governance. The principal and school-board positions were different jobs: one involved leading a school, while the other involved collective decisions affecting the district. S3
A lasting part of that period is the mentoring initiative now known as the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. Wilson founded the program in 1993. It connects young men with adult mentors and supports education, leadership, career preparation and constructive community involvement. It should be described as a particular program, not confused with the later federal commission bearing a different name. S4
State legislative career and election to Congress
The House historical directory records Wilson’s service in the Florida House from 1998 through 2002 and the Florida Senate from 2002 through 2010. Her first congressional term began in January 2011. Keeping that sequence visible matters: state legislative actions from the 2000s should not be attributed to a federal office she had not yet entered. S1
Her official materials also describe state Senate leadership responsibilities and later congressional organizing around education and the status of Black men and boys. The public press kit connects those interests with the Congressional Black Caucus and the historically Black colleges and universities caucus. Caucuses allow members to organize around subjects; they are not substitutes for standing committees or independent executive agencies. S5
Current committee responsibilities
For the 119th Congress, the House Clerk lists Wilson on Education and Workforce and on Transportation and Infrastructure. The listed subcommittee work includes early childhood and school education, higher education and workforce development, aviation, railroads and hazardous materials, and water resources and the environment. These assignments connect her education background with infrastructure and water-policy questions affecting South Florida. S2
The current name Education and Workforce is used here deliberately. An older biography or press kit may retain a former committee name or an outdated term count. Those older descriptions can support historical facts, but they should not override the current House roster. Residents seeking a specific vote should consult the dated roll-call record rather than infer it from committee membership.
Public-record highlights
The Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act of 2020 established a federal commission within the Office of the Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission’s own history credits Wilson’s House work and Marco Rubio’s Senate work. It describes a bipartisan, 19-member body that studies conditions and prepares recommendations involving education, health, housing, employment, criminal justice and civil rights. S6
This is an institutional outcome distinct from a press conference or an introduced bill. It is also a research and advisory body, not a criminal court or a service promising individual financial benefits. Readers interested in the substance can follow the commission’s reports and meetings rather than rely on a favorable description of its founder. S6
A separate 2026 Justice Department announcement identifies a $1.039 million award supporting the 5000 Role Models initiative. The agency states that the award was made September 30, 2026, for a project period extending through September 2030. Its description includes mentoring, youth conferences, leadership activities and career exploration. The award documents support for the program; it does not establish that every planned outcome has already occurred. S4
How residents can contact the office
The Clerk lists Wilson’s Washington office at 2080 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, with telephone 202-225-4506. Her official website provides constituent-service and contact routes. Confirm the appropriate district and current office arrangements before sending sensitive documents, and use the official casework process rather than a campaign contact. S2
This biography is a starting point for civic research. The official office, committee records and commission publications provide different kinds of evidence: contact information, legislative activity and program reporting. Reading them together gives a clearer account of Wilson’s work than treating a single promotional biography as a complete assessment of her record.