Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 12th United States Secretary of Education | |
| In office March 2, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Cindy Marten |
| Preceded by | Betsy DeVos |
| Succeeded by | Linda McMahon |
| 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 who served as the 12th United States secretary of education under President Joe Biden from March 2, 2021 to January 20, 2025. 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 twenty-seven, he was named principal of Meriden's Hanover School, making him the youngest principal in the state.