BALTIMORE ― While addressing an audience at the Education Writers Association conference here on Monday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said she never imagined she would be the focus of so much public attention.

“I don’t enjoy the publicity that comes with my position,” said DeVos, who has been one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet secretaries. “I don’t love being up on stage or on any kind of platform. I’m an introvert.”

She said she also believes the media uses her “name as clickbait.”

“As much as many in the media use my name as clickbait or try to make it all about me, it’s not,” she said. “Education is not about Betsy DeVos nor any other individual.”

It was DeVos’ first time appearing at the Education Writers Association annual national seminar, although she had been invited to it since taking office. Former President Barack Obama’s two education secretaries attended the event every year.

DeVos used the speech to promote her signature priority: the expansion of school choice programs. She pushed her proposal for Education Freedom Scholarships, which has been bolstered through legislation led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and would incentivize states to create programs that would subsidize individual scholarships for school choice.