Miguel Cardona

Miguel Angel Cardona (English: Miguel Angel Cardona, born July 11, 1975), an American politician who served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education. Served as Connecticut Secretary of Education from 2019 to March 2021. In 2020, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated him to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education before taking office, and he was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 2021. Cardona, a native of Meriden, Connecticut, began his career as a fourth grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden. In 2003, at the age of 27, he was appointed principal of Hanover School in Meriden, becoming the youngest principal in the state.