Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris is the current attorney General of California who was featured as one of ‘America’s 20 Most Powerful Women’, by Newsweek. Prior to this, she served as the District Attorney of San Francisco for six years, from 2004 to 2010.

Kamala is the first female to be elected as the attorney general of California and the first Asian-American to serve this prestigious post .

During her tenure as the District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala fought against violence, crime and she was also behind the implementation of tough gun charging policies. Moreover, she focused on child assault, public integrity and environmental crimes. She increased the conviction charges for serious and violent crimes and extended helping hand to the victims of crime and their family members.

Born to a Tamil mother and African- American father, Kamala was bought up in California and she completed her higher education from the universities of California and Howard.

Many of the political insiders compare this rising star of the Democratic Party to Obama for her bicultural heritage and travels across the world. Moreover, like Obama Kamala symbolizes a new generation of public servants who, without any difficulty crosses line of race and culture.

The ambitious nature and determination of Kamala has helped her to conquer heights in U.S. politics and named her as “a superstar for the future.”