Hayes, Jahana Flemming a Representative from Connecticut; born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., March 8, 1973; A.A., Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, Conn., 2002; B.A., Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Conn., 2005; M.A., University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, Conn., 2012; attended University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Conn., 2014; teacher; public school administrator; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-present).