First lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure
First lady Jill Biden announced Monday she is stepping down from her teaching position at Northern Virginia Community College.
"Last Thursday, I taught my last class of the semester, and my final class ever at Northern Virginia Community College," Biden said at a virtual thank you event for teachers. "I will always love this profession, which is why I continued to teach full-time while serving as your first lady."
The announcement came as she prepares to leave the White House after President Joe Biden announced he would end his reelection campaign in July and former President Donald Trump won the presidential election. The virtual address for teachers mirrored her first official event as first lady in 2021, when she also spoke alongside National Education Association president Becky Pringle and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.
"I trust that you know you have left a legacy that won't end as you leave the people's house," Pringle said. "You'll continue to do work because, let me tell you, I know I, for one, I'll be reaching out."
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Biden made history as the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history preceding her to keep her day job while serving in the White House as the first lady.
She has four degrees, including two master's and a doctorate of education. Her students have called her "Dr. B," and she also taught while serving as second lady during the Obama administration. She previously told Vogue she would ask her Secret Service agents to dress up like college students as to not disrupt her classrooms.
Coming into the role, she was prepared to show that FLOTUS could be whatever she wanted it to be.
"Teaching is not what I do," Biden posted ahead of the Democratic National Convention in 2020. "It's who I am."
Contributing: Maria Puente
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