She was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the United States Deputy Secretary of Education in January 2025.
[4] Schwinn began her career in education as a high school history and economics teacher in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 2019, she left the agency, after being appointed by Governor Bill Lee to become the next Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education.
On May 1, 2023, Schwinn announced she would be stepping down as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education on June 1, 2023.
[6] On January 17 2025, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had picked Schwinn to be his Deputy Secretary of Education.