Meena Harris
| Meena Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | Meena Harris |
| 🏫 Education | Stanford University (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Maya Harris (mother) |
| 👪 Relatives | Kamala Harris (aunt), Shyamala Gopalan (grandmother) |
Meena Harris is an American lawyer, children's book author, and founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign.[1] In June 2020, Harris released her first book from HarperCollins entitled Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, which is based on the real story of her mother, Maya Harris, and aunt, Kamala Harris.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Oakland, California, Harris grew up in the Bay Area. Her mother, Maya Harris, is a lawyer and policy expert and her aunt, Kamala Harris, serves as a United States Senator from California. Her grandmother, Shyamala Gopalan, was an Indian-American cancer researcher and civil rights activist and her grandfather, Donald Harris, was a professor of economics at Stanford.[3]
In 2006, Harris graduated from Stanford University, and from Harvard Law School in 2012.[4]
Career[edit]
Harris is the founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, founded in 2017 as an organization that brings awareness to social causes.[1] The campaign covers a range of policy issues, including educational excellence and healthcare equity, criminal justice reform, gender parity in STEM, reproductive health, and political representation.[5] Ambassadors for the campaign include Serena Williams, Jessica Alba, Mark Ruffalo, Tracee Ellis Ross, Viola Davis, Yara Shahidi, Janelle Monae, Sarah Silverman, Debbie Allen, Rosario Dawson, Van Jones, Lizzo, Cecile Richards, and more. In September 2018, Harris also coordinated a full-page ad in the New York Times with Alicia Garza, founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, to demonstrate national support for Christine Blasey Ford and survivors of sexual assault.[6]
In 2020, Harris released her first children's book from HarperCollins entitled Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, which is based on the real story of her mother, Maya Harris and aunt Kamala Harris.[2]
Previously, Harris also served as Head of Strategy & Leadership at Uber,[7] and worked for international law firm Covington & Burling, Slack Technologies, and Facebook.
During Senator Kamala Harris's 2016 campaign, Harris served as a senior advisor on policy and communications. From 2016 to 2017, Harris served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women.[8]
Bibliography[edit]
- Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea. HarperCollins. 2020. ISBN 9780062937407. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kamala Harris' niece wants to inspire the next generation of social activists". www.businessinsider.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meena Harris". www.harpercollins.com.
- ↑ "Donald Harris, Kamala Harris's Dad, Is a Renowned Stanford Professor". www.yahoo.com.
- ↑ "Meena Harris '12". Harvard Law Today.
- ↑ "How to change the world, a five step guide". www.vogue.com.au.
- ↑ "Your Beliefs Here: A Look at Advocacy Advertising in The Times". www.newyorktimes.com.
- ↑ "Corporate Change: Meena". www.uber.com.
- ↑ "It's Black Women's Equal Pay Day. No Matter Who You Are, That Should Matter to You". www.glamour.com.
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