“We were raised in a community where we were taught to see a world, beyond just ourselves. To be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people.”

American politician and attorney

Kamala Harris is an American politician and attorney. She served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden, and she was the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. Harris represented California in the United States Senate from 2017 to 2021 and served as attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. Of Indian and Jamaican parentage, she was the first woman, first African American, and first Asian American to serve as vice president, and the highest-ranking female and Asian public official in United States history.