Dylan Fernandes

Dylan Fernandes earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from the College of Charleston and a graduate degree in public administration from Harvard University. His career experience includes working on Maura Healey's (D) 2014 campaign for Attorney General and serving in the Civil Rights Division of the Attorney General’s Office.[1]

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Fernandes' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Affordable Housing

As your next State Representative, I will:

Fight to secure state funds for affordable housing in the district, particularly smaller, community-based projects

Increase homeownership opportunities for working families by investing in new homeownership units and innovative first-time homebuyer programs.

Work with local officials to rework our zoning laws to encourage more housing creation of all types, particularly downtown. Doing so will create a more vibrant downtown and allow both young people and seniors to enjoy easy access to transportation and shopping.

Clean Energy and Environmental Stewardship

I support the extension of the solar tax credits. In the Attorney General’s Office Office, I worked with the Environmental Protection Division to put together our solar energy guide.

Quality Public Education from Pre-K through College

As State Representative I would:

Increase funding for public school from pre-K to higher education so that every child can get a truly free public education. Period.

Invest in some of the innovations that have worked at charter schools – longer school days, homework support, smaller class sizes – we can’t just say it works – and then not pay for it.

Fight to lower the cost of public college. It is a failure of our system that it costs over $100,000 for in-state students to get a degree from UMass Amherst.

I know that this will all take money – and it’s about time we paid for the things we really care about. That’s why I support the millionaire's tax which increases the tax rate on income over one million dollars and that money goes directly to funding public education and transportation.

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

As State Representative, I will also advocate for longer-term treatment to help break the cycles of relapse that many seeking treatment endure.

Fighting for Our Families

The first – extending family paid medical leave to the nearly one million workers who are excluded under federal law because they work for employers with under 50 people – ensures that both men and women have time to bond with their newborn or adopted child, that children have the opportunity to care for a sick or dying parent, that an unforeseen medical emergency does not bankrupt a family or force an individual to choose between employment and caring for a loved one.

The program would be overseen by the treasurer and replicate a similar law in place in Rhode Island, New York, and California. I fully support it – as I do pay equity.[6]

—Dylan A. Fernandes[7]