Jahana Hayes

JAHANA HAYES, Democrat, of Wolcott, CT; born in Waterbury, CT, March 8, 1973; education: A.A., Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT, 2002; B.A., Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, 2005; M.A., University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT, 2012; Sixth-Year Certificate in Educational Leadership, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2014; professional history: teacher, government and history, John F. Kennedy High School, Waterbury, CT; public school administrator; election history: elected to the 116th Congress on November 6, 2018, the first African-American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.