Government & Politics

First Lady Jill Biden to visit KCK’s El Centro Academy next week

First Lady Jill Biden visited the Penn Valley campus of Metropolitan Community College in May. The White House announced Friday she will be in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12.
First Lady Jill Biden visited the Penn Valley campus of Metropolitan Community College in May. The White House announced Friday she will be in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12. jtoyoshiba@kcstar.com

First Lady Jill Biden’s visit to Kansas City will be part of a series of conversations with Hispanic communities across the country during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Biden announced earlier this week she’d visit Kansas City, Kansas, on Tuesday.

On Friday, the White House released details of the First Lady’s visit, her second to the Kansas City Area since President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January.

Biden is scheduled to arrive at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport at 12:30 on Tuesday.

After that, she will join Rep. Sharice Davids and U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabella Garcias Guzman for a “charla” at El Centro academy in KCK.

Charla is the Spanish word for chat. Biden is scheduled to host similar events in Chicago and Allentown, Pennsylvania, next week.

The Star’s Jonathan Shorman contributed to this report.

Katie Bernard
The Kansas City Star
Katie Bernard covered Kansas politics and government for the Kansas City Star from 20219-2024. Katie was part of the team that won the Headliner award for political coverage in 2023.
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