Early Life, Education, and Law Career
Bysiewicz was raised on a farm in Middletown, Connecticut. She is a Catholic of Polish and Greek descent. She graduated from Yale University and Duke University School of Law. While pursuing her law degree, she wrote Ella: A Biography of Governor Ella Grasso. Bysiewicz practiced law in New York City, and then in Hartford.
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