Miguel Angel Cardona is an American educator who has served as the Connecticut Commissioner of Education since 2019. He is President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as United States Secretary of Education in his cabinet. Cardona was born on July 11, 1975, in Meriden, Connecticut, to Puerto Rican parents.
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Miguel Angel Cardona is an American educator who has served as the Connecticut Commissioner of Education since 2019. He is U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as United States Secretary of Education in his cabinet. Cardona was born on July 11, 1975, in Meriden, Connecticut, to Puerto Rican parents. He grew up speaking Spanish as his first language and struggled to learn English when starting kindergarten.
In 2002, Cardona married Marissa Pérez, a family-school liaison and former Miss Connecticut. They have two children. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Central Connecticut State University in 1997. He obtained a a Master of Science in bilingual and bicultural education at University of Connecticut in 2001.
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