SALT LAKE CITY A coalition of more than 40 national Latino groups is urging President-elect Joe Biden to appoint former National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen Garcia the next secretary of education.
A letter by the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda obtained by KSL says Eskelsen Garcia is the ideal candidate to lead the U.S. Department of Education in a new direction from the previous destructive practices and policies of the Trump administration.
The letter touts her experience as a public school teacher, union leader and her long history of promoting equity and civil rights in schools. Prior to serving six years as the leader of the nation s largest teacher union and other NEA leadership positions, Eskelsen Garcia was president of the Utah Education Association and a Utah public school teacher.