“We won't accept a broken system where too many people are locked out of opportunity, where too many default on their student loans each year, where cost makes starting and finishing higher education feel impossible.”

American educator

Miguel Angel Cardona is an American educator and Democratic Party official who served as the 12th United States Secretary of Education from 2021 to 2025. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 1, 2021, and took office the next day under President Joe Biden. Before leading the U.S. Department of Education, Cardona served as commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Education from 2019 to 2021. He is known for his work in public education and education policy at the state and federal levels.