Candy Carson
| Candy Carson | |
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Carson in 2014
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lacena Rustin August 19, 1953 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ben Carson (m. 1975) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Alma mater |
Yale University Johns Hopkins University |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
Lacena "Candy" Carson (née Rustin; born August 19, 1953) is an American author and businesswoman. Married to current Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, she co-founded and promotes the Carson Scholars Fund. Alongside her husband, she is the co-author of four books. During her husband's run for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States, Carson was active on the campaign trail doing TV appearances and solo live campaign appearances.
Born Lacena Rustin on August 19, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, Carson met her future husband, also a Detroit native, in the 1970s when both were students at Yale University in Connecticut. At Yale, Carson carried a triple-major in music, medicine and psychology.
Following her graduation from Yale, Carson attended Johns Hopkins Carey Business School where she earned her MBA.
A former concert violinist, Carson performed the National Anthem during her husband’s campaign kick-off. She has been a conductor for the University of Maryland Medical Center Chamber Players.
In the Baltimore area, Carson worked in real estate, trust administration and insurance in the Baltimore area. Carson has been interviewed or profiled many times in the media including by Greta Van Susteren Latin Post,The View,Breitbart,The Hill, Bustle,National Review,The Daily Mail, Fox News (as an author) and CNN.
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