Dylan Fernandes, MPA '22
State representative, activist for equity
A fourth generation Plymouth & Barnstable District resident and the son of two local small business owners, his great grandparents immigrated to the United States from the Azores before settling in Falmouth to work as strawberry farmers. He earned his bachelor's degree with a double major in Economics and Political Science from the College of Charleston and a Masters of Public Administration at Harvard University where he was a Rappaport Scholar. First elected at age 26, he was the second-youngest legislator serving in the Massachusetts