Steven Hernandez, Esq. is the Executive Director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity. Prior to his current service, he served the Connecticut State Legislature as Director of Public Policy and Research for the Connecticut Commission on Children. Mr. Hernandez served seven years as legislative and budget director at the Council of the District of Columbia in the office of Washington, D.C., Council member Jim Graham. He served as a clerk to two judges in the District's Court of Appeals and as a consultant to the Washington law firm Baker & Miller, PLLC. He received a bachelor of Arts Degree from Bennington College in Vermont in 1995 and a Juris Doctor Degree from the Washington College of Law at American University.