WASHINGTON Dr. Jill Biden has devoted her life to the field of education, and that wont change when she becomes first lady next month. According to a source close to her, Biden will advocate for debt-free community college.

Dr. Martha Kanter, who served as under secretary of education in the Obama administration and who has known Biden for more than a decade, said she has worked hard to make debt-free community college a reality.

That is what she would like to see. We have often talked about community colleges as the unsung heroes, Kanter said in a conversation with Yahoo News, adding that Biden has strived to really help people understand the value proposition and the return on investment and why its important.

Along with promoting debt-free community college, Biden plans to champion other aspects of the education platform her husband, President-elect Joe Biden , put forth during his campaign for the White House.

The focus on education is a natural extension of the work she did after her husband was elected vice president in 2008, when, as second lady, she became an outspoken advocate for community colleges. Biden has also spent much of her career teaching at the community college level, and has been an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College since 2009. Prior to taking that position, Biden spent about 15 years at Delaware Technical Community College.

Teaching has always been more than just a job to her its who she is, said Bidens spokesperson, Michael LaRosa.