Here are some facts about Janet Napolitano:
- She pronounces her last name: nuh-paul-i-tan-oh. Her middle name is Ann.
- Janet Napolitano was born in New York City on November 29, 1957.
- She attended high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Napolitano graduated from Santa Clara University in 1979, where she was the first female valedictorian. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1983 from the University of Virginia School of Law. Then she moved to Arizona.
- Napolitano worked at the Phoenix law firm of Lewis & Roca for 10 years.
- Janet Napolitano served as U.S. Attorney for Arizona and Arizona’s first female Attorney General.
- Janet Napolitano is a member of the Democratic Party.
- Janet Napolitano was elected to the position of Arizona Governor in 2002, and was sworn into office in January 2003. She was re-elected in 2006. She was Arizona's 21st Governor.
- Napolitano was the first woman to chair the National Governors Association. She also chaired the Western Governors Association.
- Prior to being elected Arizona's Governor, Janet Napolitano served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1993 to 1998, and as Arizona Attorney General from 1998 to 2002.
- Janet Napolitano is single, has never been married and has no children. Is Janet Napolitano gay? There are people who claim to "know" that she is a lesbian, based mostly on the fact that she is aggressive and doesn't look or act ... well... pretty. She has persistently vehemently denied that she is gay.
- She is a breast cancer survivor. She had a mastectomy three weeks before she addressed the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
- Her hobbies include reading, tennis, watching movies and hiking. She has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She plays the clarinet.
- On January 21, 2009 she was sworn in as the third Secretary of Homeland Security, having been appointed by newly elected President Barack Obama.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Official Site
