PROFILE: Harris known as trailblazer during her career as prosecutor, senator

Kamala Harris, who has been elected as the first female, first black and first Asian American U.S. vice president, is known for having been a trailblazer throughout a career dedicated to the fight against injustice.Harris, 56, was born in Oakland, California. Her father immigrated to the United States from Jamaica to study economics and her mother came from India while working toward becoming a breast cancer researcher.Her parents were active in the civil rights movement and took to the streets to protest, bringing the young Kamala along in her stroller.Her parents split when she was five y…READ FULL ARTICLE