Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris was born October 20 1964. She is an American politician. She is also the first vice president to be female and highest-ranking female official of U.S. History, as also the first African American and second Asian American vice president. She is a senator and former US senator representing California. Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Her professional career started in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later promoted to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. In 2003, she was appointed the San Francisco district attorney. Harris was elected Attorney General of California in 2010, and reelected in 2014. From 2017 to 2021, Harris was the junior United States senator for California. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate. She was a senator , and was a vocal advocate for reforms to healthcare, federal cannabis de-scheduling, an opportunity to become a citizen for undocumented immigrant immigrants and the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons as well as progressive tax reform. In the news, attention was paid to her shrewd questions of Trump administration officials at Senate hearings. The most notable was Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault. 





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