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Miguel Cardona (Miguel Angel Cardona) was born on 11 July, 1975 in Meriden, Connecticut, U.S., is a United States secretary of education since 2021. Discover Miguel Cardona's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

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Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 11 July, 1975
Birthday 11 July
Birthplace Meriden, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1975

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 was born on July 11, 1975, in Meriden, Connecticut, to Puerto Rican parents.

Cardona grew up speaking Spanish as his first language and started to learn English when entering kindergarten.

His father is a retired police officer in Meriden.

Cardona was raised in a housing project in Meriden and graduated from the H.C. Wilcox Technical High School, where he was a part of the automotive studies program.

1997

Cardona earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Central Connecticut State University in 1997.

2001

He obtained a master of science in bilingual and bicultural education at University of Connecticut (UConn) in 2001.

2003

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.

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

In 2003, at Hanover Elementary School, he was promoted and made the youngest principal in the state's history for ten years.

2004

In 2004, he completed a professional sixth year certification at UConn where he earned a doctor of education in 2011.

Cardona's dissertation, titled Sharpening the Focus of Political Will to Address Achievement Disparities, studied the gaps between English-language learners and their classmates.

His doctoral major advisor was Barry G. Sheckley and his associate advisor was Casey D. Cobb.

Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut.

2008

Cardona was brought to the attention of Biden by Linda Darling-Hammond, the leader of the transition's education secretary search efforts, a role she also filled for Barack Obama in 2008.

Darling-Hammond and Cardona had worked together on numerous projects.

Politico noted that "Hispanic lawmakers are stressing in particular the need for a Latina to join the administration."

Cardona appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on February 3, 2021.

On February 25, his nomination was advanced by the Senate on a cloture vote of 66–32.

Cardona was confirmed on March 1, 2021 by a 64–33 vote.

Cardona took his oath of office on March 1, 2021 and was ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on March 2, 2021.

In 2021, Cardona solicited a letter from the National School Boards Association to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for federal assistance with what the letter called a "growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation."

The letter cited examples in several states and listed federal statutes under which assistance could be provided, including "the PATRIOT Act in regards to domestic terrorism."

Several Republican elected officials criticized the letter's reference to domestic terrorism and called for Cardona to resign.

Throughout his tenure as Secretary of Education, Cardona has been responsible for implementing several forms of forgiveness for student loans.

The administration's most sweeping attempt to do so, which would have forgiven about $430 billion in student loan principles, was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Biden v. Nebraska.

Since the Biden v. Nebraska decision, Cardona has announced a series of smaller and more targeted student loan forgiveness programs, and the Department of Education has reemphasized the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to reduce the student debt of people working full-time in public service.

In December 2023, Cardona announced that the administration had forgiven about $132 billion of student debt in its first three years.

At President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of The Union, Cardona was the designated survivor.

2015

From 2015 to 2019, Cardona served as assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in his home town.

Cardona was also an adjunct professor of education in the University of Connecticut's Department of Educational Leadership.

During his career, he has focused on closing gaps between English-language learners and their peers.

2019

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 August 2019, Governor Ned Lamont appointed Cardona as commissioner of education; Cardona was the first Latino to hold the position.

During his tenure, Cardona helped oversee state schools' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, where he expressed concerns over the long-term mental health impacts of remote education on students.

2020

In December 2020, Cardona emerged as a candidate for United States secretary of education in Joe Biden's cabinet.

Biden began to lean toward Cardona over two other "high-profile" teachers' union leaders, Lily Eskelsen García and Randi Weingarten.

By choosing Cardona over the two, Biden "appeared to have sidestepped any sibling rivalry between the NEA and AFT."