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Miguel Cardona | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 12th United States Secretary of Education | |
| Assumed office March 2, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Cindy Marten |
| Preceded by | Betsy DeVos |
| Commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education | |
| In office August 8, 2019 – March 1, 2021 | |
| Governor | Ned Lamont |
| Preceded by | Dianna Wentzell |
| Succeeded by | Charlene Russell-Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miguel Angel Cardona July 11, 1975 Meriden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Marissa Pérez (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Central Connecticut State University (BS) University of Connecticut (MS, SYC, EdD) |
Miguel Angel Cardona (born July 11, 1975) is an American educator and is currently serving as the twelfth United States secretary of education under President Joe Biden since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 64–33 on March 1, 2021.[1] Cardona previously served as commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education from 2019 to 2021.
A native of Meriden, Connecticut, Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden. In 2003, at the age of twenty-seven, he was named principal of Meriden's Hanover School, making him the youngest principal in the state.[2][3]
Secretary Cardona was the designated survivor for President Biden's State of the Union address on March 7, 2024.[4]
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Miguel A. Cardona, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education)". U.S. Senate. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Makwana, Rachel R. (May 22, 2003). "New principal is popular pick". Record-Journal. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Megan, Kathleen (August 21, 2019). "The state's new education commissioner: collaborator, listener, hard worker". The Connecticut Mirror. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Klein, Betsy (March 8, 2024). "Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is the designated survivor for the State of the Union | CNN Politics". CNN.
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