Bedford-born Neera Tanden has Indian ancestry. Details on her ethnicity and proud mother Maya Tanden are given right below.

Neera Tanden is the newly named White House staff security. She is also the former president of the Center for American Progress.

Tanden has been working for Biden since May as a senior adviser to the president. Her new role is to control the flow of documents and other staff.

The newly appointed staff security is a professional and experienced lawyer. Get to know details on her family background and husband from here.

Neera Tanden Parents Indian Ethnicity

Neera Tanden’s parents are immigrants from India. They are already divorced, as mentioned in her Wikipedia bio.

Tanden was born in Bedford, Massachusetts. Raised by a single mom, details on her father are not available at the moment.

She was only five years old when her father got divorced from her mom.

At the same time, she has never talked about her father in the media.

But we are pretty sure that, Tanden is very close to her mother and brother.

Meet Neera Tanden Mother Maya Tanden

After Neera Tanden’s parents got split, she lived with her mother Maya Tanden.

She was only five when her parents finalized their separation. Her mother raised she and her brother Raj as a single mom.

Professionally, Maya Tanden worked on welfare. She served as a travel agent for more than two years.

The Indian-American family had to go through many struggles. She was raised in a suburb of Boston a middle-class kid.

In an interview, she has explained how her mother stayed in the USA and relied on food stamps to eat.

They had to rely on the Section 8 vouchers to pay the rent. She is very much proud of her mother’s grit and hardwork.

Neera then went to receive a BA degree from the University of California.

She was employed as submissions editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review.

Neera Tanden Husband- Is She Married?

Neera Tanden is married to an American husband. His name is Benjamin Edwards.

Professionally, Edwards works as a visual artist. He has a Master’s Degree in Paintings from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Furthermore, he is recognized for his satellite maps and architectural blueprints.

In 2004, his painting Immersion used cartography to explore the impact of the American highway system.

Likewise, he also portrayed  Starbucks: Seattle: Compression in Seattle into one image.

As for children, Neera Tanden has raised two kids with her husband Benjamin Edwards.