PERSON: Miguel Cardona

United States Department of Education

Secretary

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. 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 20-seven, he was named principal of Meriden’s Hanover School, making him the youngest principal in the state.

Secretary Cardona was the designated survivor for President Biden’s State of the Union address on March 7, 2024.

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