A KinenI?o's Journey: On Family, Learning, and Public Service

On September 20, 1988, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Lauro F. Cavazos as the fourth Secretary of Education in President Ronald Reagan's administration. A sixth-generation Texan and Kineño-a descendant of Mexican citizens who accepted work on Texas's King Ranch in the 19th century-Cavazos was the first Hispanic appointed to a position in an American Presidential Cabinet.