Juan Verde: ‘The next president of the United States will be a Democrat and an unknown’

Juan Verde: ‘The next president of the United States will be a Democrat and an unknown’

Born in Telde (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) in 1971, Juan Verde arrived in the U.S. at the age of 15. There he was taken in by the Seoanes, a Cuban family whom his own family had helped when they emigrated to Spain before moving to Boston. He set foot on American soil without speaking a word of English; he graduated cum laude in political science and international relations; he earned a master of public administration from Harvard and ended up wo…