Cephas previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to
Philadelphia City Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. before running for the state legislature. Cephas was first elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2016 after defeating incumbent Rep.
Lynwood Savage in the Democratic primary. Running unopposed, Cephas was re-elected to a second term in the House in the 2018 general election on November 6, 2018. Cephas was appointed as deputy whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 2021–2022 session and to PennVEST in 2021. In 2024, she was elected as a delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention. ==References==