Kamala, born to immigrant parents from Jamaica and India. Shyamala, Kamala's mother went to US after graduating from Delhi University met Donald Harris

After studying political science and economics (B.A., 1986) at Howard University, Kamala earned a law degree (1989) from Hastings College.

Kamala subsequently worked as a deputy district attorney (1990–98) in Oakland, earning a reputation for toughness as she prosecuted cases of gang violence, drug trafficking, and sexual abuse.

Kamala demonstrated political independence, rejecting, for example, pressure from the administration of Pres. Barack Obama for her to settle a nationwide lawsuit against mortgage lenders for unfair practices.

Kamala notably becoming a leading advocate for social-justice reform following the May 2020 death of George Floyd, an African American who had been in police custody

Biden chose Harris, and she thus became the first Black woman to appear on a major party’s national ticket

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In June 2017 she drew attention for her questions to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was testifying before the intelligence committee on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election