One week after being appointed to oversee New Mexico's public school system, Mariana Padilla pledged to stay on the job through the end of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's second term. "Absolutely I will ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced Mariana Padilla on Tuesday as the person who will correct the course of the state Public Education Department through the end of her term. A former educator and ...

“I really am uniquely positioned in a way that no other secretary has been before,” said Mariana Padilla, the NMPED secretary-designate. Padilla is no stranger to New Mexico’s public education system.

"I will be here until the end. I made that commitment to governor, and to our state and to myself," NMPED Secretary Mariana Padilla told KOAT.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham didn't have to look far to find her fifth public education secretary since taking office in 2019.

“I really am uniquely positioned in a way that no other secretary has been before,” said Mariana Padilla, the NMPED secretary-designate. Padilla is no stranger to New Mexico’s public education system.

Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday appointed Mariana Padilla as the next leader of the New Mexico Public Education Department, ...

Padilla has served as the governor's senior education policy advisor and the director of New Mexico Children's Cabinet where she oversaw Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's child and family well-being ...

The Office of the Governor announced Tuesday Mariana Padilla as the new secretary for the New Mexico Public Education ...