EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Jahana Flemming Hayes was born in Waterbury, one of the poorest cities in Connecticut, on March 8, 1973. Born: March 8, 1973 Occupation: Educator and politician GLO:cub/01may21:35n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): gl first came to national attention in 2016, when President Barack Obama honored her as National Teacher of the Year. In honor of Hayes's dedication to her students in and out of the classroom, the Connecticut Department of Education named her the state's Teacher of the Year for 2016. That ad was part of a strategy that proved to be effective: on November 6, 2018, Hayes won a seat to represent Connecticut's Fifth Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. [Extracted from the article]
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