Early Years
Cordero was born in Barrio Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He attended public schools in Ponce: The Ramiro Colon and Rafael Pujals elementary schools, the McKinley middle school, and the Ponce High School. He graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in Arts with a concentration in Political Sciences, Economy, and Social Sciences. As a student Cordero was a member of the Nu Sigma Beta Fraternity Delta Chapter.
Cordero was involved in Puerto Rican politics since 1969, when he began working as a special aide to former Governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón, then president of the Puerto Rico Senate. A member of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), Cordero went on to work in the Departments of Finance and Workers' Rights (Spanish: Departmento del Derecho al Trabajo).
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