Kamala Harris

 Kamala Devi Harris, born October 20, 1964, is a prominent American politician and lawyer. She is currently the 49th vice president of the United States. Kamala Devi Harris is the first female vice-president and the highest-ranking female politician in U.S history. As a member the Democratic Party, she was the attorney general for California between 2011 and 2017 and was she was a United States senator representing California in 2017-2021. Harris was born in Oakland. Harris received her law degree from Howard University. Harris began her career at the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and then to the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected the city's district attorney. Harris was elected Attorney general of California in the year 2010. In 2014, she was elected to a second term. Harris was the junior United States Senator from California between 2017 until 2021. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate elections, becoming the 2nd African American woman, and the first South Asian American, to serve as a senator in the United States Senate. She was a senator and advocated for healthcare reform, federal cannabis de-scheduling, an opportunity to become a citizen for undocumented immigrant immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban against assault weapons, as well as progressive tax reform. She was praised nationally for her pointed examination of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, which included Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of assault on a woman.