Jahana Hayes

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==

Hayes was born on March 8, 1973,<ref name=bio>{{cite web |title=Jahana Hayes |url=http://connvoters.com/by_number/0024/60034_jahana_hayes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606025813/http://connvoters.com/by_number/0024/60034_jahana_hayes.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2015 |website=connvoters.com |access-date=September 6, 2018 }}</ref> in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], and grew up in [[public housing]] projects in that city. Hayes become a teen mother prior to graduating from high school.<ref name=washingtonpost/> She earned an associate degree at [[Naugatuck Valley Community College]] and a bachelor's degree at [[Southern Connecticut State University]].<ref name="The 74">{{cite web |last1=MAHNKEN |first1=Kevin |title=Troubled Student, Teen Mom, Teacher of the Year: Is Connecticut Congressional Candidate Jahana Hayes the New Face of the Democratic Party? |url=https://www.the74million.org/article/troubled-student-teen-mom-teacher-of-the-year-is-connecticut-congressional-candidate-jahana-hayes-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/ |website=The 74 |date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, Hayes earned a master's degree in curriculum and instruction at the [[University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)|University of Saint Joseph]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JAHANA HAYES M'12 |url=https://www.usj.edu/person/jahana-hayes/ |website=University of Saint Joseph |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, she earned her Sixth-Year Diploma from the [[University of Bridgeport]] School of Education.<ref name="UB Award">{{cite web |last1=Geary |first1=Leslie |title=UB's Jahana Hayes wins National Teacher of the Year |url=https://news.bridgeport.edu/alumni-news/ubs-jahana-hayes-wins-national-teacher-of-the-year/ |website=UB News |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195352/https://news.bridgeport.edu/alumni-news/ubs-jahana-hayes-wins-national-teacher-of-the-year/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hayes was born on March 8, 1973,<ref name=bio>{{cite web |title=Jahana Hayes |url=http://connvoters.com/by_number/0024/60034_jahana_hayes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606025813/http://connvoters.com/by_number/0024/60034_jahana_hayes.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2015 |website=connvoters.com |access-date=September 6, 2018 }}</ref> in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], and grew up in [[public housing]] projects in that city. Hayes became a teen mother prior to graduating from high school.<ref name=washingtonpost/> She earned an associate degree at [[Naugatuck Valley Community College]] and a bachelor's degree at [[Southern Connecticut State University]].<ref name="The 74">{{cite web |last1=MAHNKEN |first1=Kevin |title=Troubled Student, Teen Mom, Teacher of the Year: Is Connecticut Congressional Candidate Jahana Hayes the New Face of the Democratic Party? |url=https://www.the74million.org/article/troubled-student-teen-mom-teacher-of-the-year-is-connecticut-congressional-candidate-jahana-hayes-the-new-face-of-the-democratic-party/ |website=The 74 |date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, Hayes earned a master's degree in curriculum and instruction at the [[University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)|University of Saint Joseph]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JAHANA HAYES M'12 |url=https://www.usj.edu/person/jahana-hayes/ |website=University of Saint Joseph |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, she earned her Sixth-Year Diploma from the [[University of Bridgeport]] School of Education.<ref name="UB Award">{{cite web |last1=Geary |first1=Leslie |title=UB's Jahana Hayes wins National Teacher of the Year |url=https://news.bridgeport.edu/alumni-news/ubs-jahana-hayes-wins-national-teacher-of-the-year/ |website=UB News |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195352/https://news.bridgeport.edu/alumni-news/ubs-jahana-hayes-wins-national-teacher-of-the-year/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Teaching career==

==Teaching career==