Zecarias Kidane left his native land of Eritrea in the mid-1990s to come to Hartford with his family. Eritrea is a country in Eastern Africa that borders the Red Sea and the countries of Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. It is slightly larger than Pennsylvania and has a population of 4,298,269 people.

Zec attended Hartford Public High School for four years and received two Certificates of Achievement. He has won many honors for his art and has exhibited his work at the Promenade and Pump House Galleries in Hartford. While working on the Judicial Branch Coloring Book, Zec was a student at the University of Hartford. He says that drawing pictures of Fledge and Justy as they toured the Courthouse has been his most fun and challenging artistic adventure.

Creative concept and content by Ginny Apple.

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