While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last,” said Kamala Harris in her November 7, 2020 acceptance speech as Vice President-elect. She is an experienced lawyer and public servant whose positive leadership will help guide the U.S. through its many current challenges.

Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California to immigrant parents—her mother from India - a biologist and researcher, and father from Jamaica - a professor of economics. Her parents divorced when Harris was seven. At twelve, she moved with her mother and sister to Canada. She attended Howard University, a historically black university in Washington, D.C., and University of California Hastings College of the Law.

Harris’s professional law career began as deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California. Eight years later, she was recruited as deputy district attorney in San Francisco. She next worked for San Francisco City Hall and ran the Family and Children's Services Division. In 2011, she was elected Attorney General of California and served in that position through 2017, when she was then elected to the U.S. Senate. Throughout her legal career, she fought against consumer fraud, waste, and abuse; and for consumer privacy protections, LGBT rights, environmental protections,criminal justice reform, and more.

In January 2019, Harris announced her run for president of the United States. This brought her in front of a national audience; and in 2020, Joe Biden chose her as his Vice Presidential running mate.

As the daughter of immigrants, Harris has firsthand experience with race and immigrant discrimination. Along with her years of experience in government, Kamala Harris is positioned to deeply hear our country’s concerns and to take a personal interest in finding solutions.