Kamala Harris's Parents Were Student Activists Who Influenced Her Own Political Career
Throughout the 2020 election season, California senator (and now Vice President-elect) Kamala Harris often invoked her biracial background and immigrant parents as part of her bid for the White House. "To the woman most responsible for my presence here today, my mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who is always in our hearts," Kamala said of her late mother during her victory speech.