What is Lily Eskelsen García?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Lily Eskelsen García |image = Lily Eskelsen García.jpg |title = President of the [[National Education Association]] |term_start = September 1, 2014 |term_end = September 1, 2020 |predecessor = [[Dennis Van Roekel]] |successor = [[Rebecca S. Pringle]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/08/07/New-NEA-teachers-union-president-becky-pringle-Pitt-Penn-State-grad/stories/202008070104|title=New president of national teachers union a Pitt, Penn State grad|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> |birth_name = Lilia Laura Pace |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|1}} |birth_place = [[Fort Hood]], [[Texas]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Ruel Eskelsen||2011|end=died}}<br>{{marriage|Alberto Garcia|2016}} |children = 2 |education = [[University of Utah]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Science|MS]]) }} '''Lily Eskelsen García''' ([[name at birth|née]] '''Pace'''; born May 1, 1955) is an [[United States|American]] [[education|teacher]] and [[trade union|labor union]] leader. She was president of the [[National Education Association]] from 2014 to 2020. In November 2020, following the [[United States presidential election]], many news organizations saw her as a potential candidate for President-elect [[Joe Biden]]’s [[United States Secretary of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle brewing over Biden Cabinet picks, priorities, as far left and moderates launch opening salvos|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-cabinet-picks-moderate-far-left-battle-74-days |publisher=Fox News |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biden Cabinet Prospect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/biden-cabinet.html |website=New York Times |publisher=New York Times |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=With DeVos out, Biden plans series of reversals on education|url=https://www.washin