He served as the political director for Maura Healey's campaign for attorney general of Massachusetts in 2014.

Fernandes's paternal great grandparents came to Massachusetts from the Azores and Puerto Rico.

Fernandes was accused of making sexist, racist, and homophobic statements as a teenager.

[10] In 2012, Fernandes worked on Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign in his native Cape Cod region.

Fernandes served as political director for Maura Healey's Attorney General of Massachusetts campaign in 2014.

[12] Over the course of his tenure, Fernandes has passed 30 bills into law including legislation on ocean acidification, electric bicycles, and ensuring project-labor agreements and environmental protection in the offshore wind energy.