Kamala Harris: “My mother was 19 when she crossed the world alone, traveling…”

“So my mother, our mother, Shamila Harris, had one of her own. And I miss her every day, and especially right now. And I know she's looking down, smiling. I know that. So My mother was 19 when she crossed the world alone, traveling from India to California with an unshakable dream, to be the scientist who would cure breast cancer. When she finished school, she was supposed to return home to a traditional arranged marriage. But as fate would have it, she met my father, Donald Harris, a student from Jamaica.” (04:16–04:31)

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