[1] She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at Western Connecticut State University.
[5][1] Following Edward M. Kennedy Jr.'s retirement, Cohen contested the Connecticut Senate's 12th district seat in 2018 as a Democratic Party candidate, facing Adam Greenberg and Jerry Mastrangelo.
[6] Mastrangelo later ended his campaign,[5] and Cohen defeated Greenberg in the general election.
[7] Cohen took office as a state senator on 9 January 2019,[8] which necessitated her resignation from the school board,[9] on which she was replaced by Richard Hersh.
[10] Cohen stated in January 2020 that she would run for reelection from Connecticut's 12th Senate district.