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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />March 2, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Marten" title="Cindy Marten">Cindy Marten</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Betsy_DeVos" title="Betsy DeVos">Betsy DeVos</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Department_of_Education" title="Connecticut State Department of Education">Connecticut State Department of Education</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 8, 2019 – March 1, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Lamont" title="Ned Lamont">Ned Lamont</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dianna Wentzell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Charlene Russell-Tucker</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Miguel Angel Cardona</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-07-11</span>) </span>July 11, 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden, Connecticut</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Miguel_Cardona_speaks_on_his_vision_for_the_Department_of_Education_post_Covid-19_pandemic.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Miguel_Cardona_speaks_on_his_vision_for_the_Department_of_Education_post_Covid-19_pandemic.ogg/Miguel_Cardona_speaks_on_his_vision_for_the_Department_of_Education_post_Covid-19_pandemic.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Miguel Cardona speaks on his vision for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">Department of Education</a> post-<a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a><br />Recorded January 27, 2022</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Miguel Angel Cardona</b> (born July 11, 1975) is an American educator and is currently serving as the twelfth <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">United States secretary of education</a> under <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> since 2021. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> by a vote of 64–33 on March 1, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cardona previously served as commissioner of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Department_of_Education" title="Connecticut State Department of Education">Connecticut State Department of Education</a> from 2019 to 2021. </p><p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden, Connecticut</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cardona was born on July 11, 1975, in <a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden, Connecticut</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a> parents.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cardona grew up speaking Spanish as his <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">first language</a> and started to learn English when entering <a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" title="Kindergarten">kindergarten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father is a retired police officer in Meriden.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cardona was raised in a <a href="/wiki/Housing_project" class="mw-redirect" title="Housing project">housing project</a> in Meriden and graduated from the <a href="/wiki/H.C._Wilcox_Technical_High_School" title="H.C. Wilcox Technical High School">H.C. Wilcox Technical High School</a>, where he was a part of the automotive studies program. He visits his Alma Mater frequently, recently being the guest speaker for the class of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ctmirror.org_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctmirror.org-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardona earned a Bachelor of Science in education from <a href="/wiki/Central_Connecticut_State_University" title="Central Connecticut State University">Central Connecticut State University</a> in New Britain, CT in 1997. He obtained a Master of Science in bilingual and bicultural education at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a> (UConn) in 2001. In 2004, he completed a professional <a href="/wiki/Educational_specialist" title="Educational specialist">sixth year certification</a> at UConn where he earned a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Education" title="Doctor of Education">doctor of education</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-csde_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csde-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardona's dissertation, titled <i>Sharpening the Focus of Political Will to Address Achievement Disparities</i>, studied the gaps between <a href="/wiki/English-language_learner" title="English-language learner">English-language learners</a> and their classmates.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His doctoral major advisor was Barry G. Sheckley and his associate advisor was Casey D. Cobb.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in <a href="/wiki/Meriden,_Connecticut" title="Meriden, Connecticut">Meriden, Connecticut</a>. In 2003, at Hanover Elementary School, he was promoted and made the youngest <a href="/wiki/Head_teacher" title="Head teacher">principal</a> in the state's history for ten years. From 2015 to 2019, Cardona served as assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in his home town.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardona was also an adjunct professor of education in the University of Connecticut's Department of Educational Leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his career, he has focused on closing gaps between English-language learners and their peers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2019, Governor <a href="/wiki/Ned_Lamont" title="Ned Lamont">Ned Lamont</a> appointed Cardona as <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Department_of_Education" title="Connecticut State Department of Education">commissioner of education</a>; Cardona was the first Latino to hold the position.<sup id="cite_ref-csde_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csde-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ctmirror.org_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctmirror.org-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, Cardona helped oversee state schools' response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Connecticut" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, where he expressed concerns over the long-term mental health impacts of <a href="/wiki/Remote_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote education">remote education</a> on students.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secretary_of_Education">Secretary of Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Secretary of Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination">Nomination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2020, Cardona emerged as a candidate for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">United States secretary of education</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Joe_Biden" title="Cabinet of Joe Biden">Joe Biden's cabinet</a>. Biden began to lean toward Cardona over two other "high-profile" teachers' union leaders, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Eskelsen_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Lily Eskelsen García">Lily Eskelsen García</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randi_Weingarten" title="Randi Weingarten">Randi Weingarten</a>. By choosing Cardona over the two, Biden "appeared to have sidestepped any sibling rivalry between the <a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">NEA</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Teachers" title="American Federation of Teachers">AFT.</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P20210805CS-0453_(51478523057).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg/220px-P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg/330px-P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg/440px-P20210805CS-0453_%2851478523057%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Cardona talks with reporters during a press briefing on August 5, 2021, at the White House.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cardona was brought to the attention of Biden by <a href="/wiki/Linda_Darling-Hammond" title="Linda Darling-Hammond">Linda Darling-Hammond</a>, the leader of the transition's education secretary search efforts, a role she also filled for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in 2008. Darling-Hammond and Cardona had worked together on numerous projects.<sup id="cite_ref-ctmirror.org_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ctmirror.org-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> noted that "<a href="/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a> lawmakers are stressing in particular the need for a Latina to join the administration."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cardona appeared before the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor_and_Pensions" title="United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions">Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions</a> on February 3, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 25, his nomination was advanced by the Senate on a <a href="/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture">cloture</a> vote of 66–32.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> on March 2, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg/220px-The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg/330px-The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg/440px-The_Atlantic_Interview_with_Miguel_Cardona_on_14_December_2023_-_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3626" data-file-height="5073" /></a><figcaption>Cardona speaks on a panel hosted by <a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic"><i>The Atlantic</i></a> in December 2023.</figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout his tenure as Secretary of Education, Cardona has been responsible for implementing several forms of forgiveness for <a href="/wiki/Student_loans_in_the_United_States" title="Student loans in the United States">student loans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> on June 30, 2023, in <i><a href="/wiki/Biden_v._Nebraska" title="Biden v. Nebraska">Biden v. Nebraska</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <i>Biden v. Nebraska</i> decision, Cardona has announced a series of smaller and more targeted student loan forgiveness programs, and the Department of Education has reemphasized the <a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Loan_Forgiveness" title="Public Service Loan Forgiveness">Public Service Loan Forgiveness</a> program to reduce the student debt of people working full-time in <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">public service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2023, Cardona announced that the administration had forgiven about $132 billion of student debt in its first three years.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>’s <a href="/wiki/2024_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2024 State of the Union Address">2024 State of The Union</a>, Cardona was the <a href="/wiki/Designated_survivor" title="Designated survivor">designated survivor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2023, simplified <a href="/wiki/Free_Application_for_Federal_Student_Aid" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Application for Federal Student Aid">Free Application for Federal Student Aid</a> (FAFSA) forms were released after a two-month delay.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By late March 2024, there was a backlog of 6 million applications.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 26, the Education Department announced that the top official in charge of federal financial student aid would step down.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colleges across the country were obliged to delay their decision deadlines as students were still waiting for financial aid offers. On April 30, Cardona was questioned at a congressional hearing about the troubled introduction of the new form.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 7, Cardona apologized at another congressional hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Cardona&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, Cardona married Marissa Pérez, a <a href="/wiki/School_social_worker" class="mw-redirect" title="School social worker">family-school liaison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alverio_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alverio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pérez was named <a href="/wiki/Miss_Connecticut" title="Miss Connecticut">Miss Connecticut</a> in 2001 and <a href="/wiki/Miss_Connecticut_Teen_USA" title="Miss Connecticut Teen USA">Miss Connecticut Teen USA</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Alverio_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alverio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cardona and his wife have two children: a son, Miguel Jr., and a daughter, Celine.<sup id="cite_ref-csde_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csde-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cardona is <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>.<sup 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Walsh" title="Marty Walsh">Marty Walsh</a> (2021–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Su" title="Julie Su">Julie Su</a> (acting) (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">Secretary of Health and Human Services</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development">Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Fudge" title="Marcia Fudge">Marcia Fudge</a> (2021–2024)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrianne_Todman" title="Adrianne Todman">Adrianne Todman</a> (acting) (2024–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy" title="United States Secretary of Energy">Secretary of Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm" title="Jennifer Granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">Secretary of Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Miguel Cardona</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency">Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_S._Regan" title="Michael S. Regan">Michael S. Regan</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Director of the Office of Management and Budget</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shalanda_Young" title="Shalanda Young">Shalanda Young</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avril_Haines" title="Avril Haines">Avril Haines</a> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Director of the Central Intelligence Agency">Director of the Central Intelligence Agency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. 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(2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Science_and_Technology_Policy" title="Office of Science and Technology Policy">Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Lander" title="Eric Lander">Eric Lander</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arati_Prabhakar" title="Arati Prabhakar">Arati Prabhakar</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chief of Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Klain" title="Ron Klain">Ron Klain</a> (2021–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_appointments_by_Joe_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Political appointments by Joe Biden">Political appointments by Joe Biden</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidential_line_of_succession_in_the_United_States_of_America" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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United States of America</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore of the Senate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Secretary of the Treasury">Secretary of the Treasury</a> (<a href="/wiki/Janet_Yellen" title="Janet Yellen">Janet Yellen</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">Attorney General</a> (<a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland" title="Merrick Garland">Merrick Garland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">Secretary of the Interior</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deb_Haaland" title="Deb Haaland">Deb Haaland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="United States Secretary of Agriculture">Secretary of Agriculture</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gina_Raimondo" title="Gina Raimondo">Gina Raimondo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Secretary of Labor</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Su" title="Julie Su">Julie Su</a> (acting)**</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Secretary of Health and Human Services">Secretary of Health and Human Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/Xavier_Becerra" title="Xavier Becerra">Xavier Becerra</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development">Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Adrianne_Todman" title="Adrianne Todman">Adrianne Todman</a> (acting)**</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation">Secretary of Transportation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg" title="Pete Buttigieg">Pete Buttigieg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy" title="United States Secretary of Energy">Secretary of Energy</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Granholm" title="Jennifer Granholm">Jennifer Granholm</a>*</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Education" title="United States Secretary of Education">Secretary of Education</a> (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Miguel Cardona</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a> (<span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas" title="Alejandro Mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>*</span>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>* Ineligible to <a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_the_United_States" title="Acting President of the United States">act as president</a> • ** Ambiguity exists concerning eligibility to act as president</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 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