9 Things You Must Know About Kamala Harris, Who Has The Potential To Be The Next US President

It is said that Indian-origin California Attorney General Kamala Harris has the potential to be the next US president. She made history by becoming the state’s first new US senator in 24 years. She has openly denounced Trumpism and has promised to fight for equal and civil rights.

Here are 9 things you must know about her.

1. Her father is an African, whereas her mother is an Indian

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Her mother Shyamala Gopalan came to the US from Chennai to study science, specifically endocrinology and complex mechanisms of cancer.

2. She got her undergraduate degree from Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C.

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Harris did her major in Political Science and Economics.

3. Harris, 51, who defeated fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez, is also the sixth black individual to be elected to the US Senate.?

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Also, the US President Barack Obama was the fifth black elected Senator.

4. President Obama once called her “the best-looking attorney-general in the country” – and was then forced to apologize for being sexist.

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It was a tongue-in-cheek moment for Obama when he called her the best-looking attorney general in the country.

5. When she worked in the Alameda County District Attorney’s office for eight years after law school, Harris specialized in prosecuting child sexual assault cases

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She feels strongly for children welfare and rights.

6. She played a big role in the fight for marriage-equality

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She is a champion of gay-rights.?

7. She is endorsed by President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden

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Harris has a great support from the democrats and is endorsed both the president and the vice-president.

8. Her younger sister Maya is an attorney and was a senior policy adviser to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign

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She is very close to her sister and her family.

9. Harris began her career as deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California

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In 2003, She was elected as the district attorney of San Francisco, where she served two terms.