Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician from the United States. Born October 20, 1964, she is the 49th Vice-President of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice president , and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as also the first African American and first Asian American vice president. She is a part of the Democratic Party and was previously the attorney general of California between 2011 and 2017. Additionally she was an United States senator representing California between 2017 and 2021. Harris was born in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University as well as the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Harris was later hired to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. The office was named San Francisco district attorney in 2003. Harris was elected Attorney general of California in the year 2010. In 2014, she was re-elected. Harris was the junior United States Senate from California from 2017-2021. Harris beat Loretta Sanchez during the 2016 Senate elections to become the second African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to be senator in the United States Senate. She was a senator , and was a vocal advocate for reforms to healthcare and federal cannabis de-scheduling. She also advocated for the possibility of citizenship for immigrants without a legal status, the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons as well as progressive tax reform. Her name is well-known due to her direct questioning of Trump government officials during Senate hearings.