Young Lawyer of the Year Award: Maya was honored with 'Junius W.New College of California School of Law.University of San Francisco School of Law.Law professor: Maya has worked as a law professor in various prestigious universities like:.Center for American Progress (CAP): Maya was a senior fellow at the public policy research & advocacy organization with its headquarters in Washington, D.C which works to present liberal values.Hillary Clinton's Senior political advisor: Maya was one of the 3 senior policy advisor of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign.Jackson Tuffs Cole & Black, LLP: Maya joined the law firm 'Jackson Tuffs Cole & Black, LLP' in 1994, she learned about civil & criminal litigation there.Law Clerk: In her early days of career, Maya worked as the law clerk for the district judge James Ware.Teenage Pregnancy: Maya gave birth to her daughter Meena when she was just 17.Early advocacy: Maya at age 8 with her sister Kamala convinced their apartment building managers to allow children to use the unused courtyard for playing.When she was young she used to go to chennai once every 2 or 3 years with her family to visit her mother's family in Chennai.Maya Lakshmi Harris: 'Maya' the given first name means 'illusion', her middle name 'Lakshmi' is from the Hindu/ Indian goddess of wealth.Maya and her sister Kamala were part of the Baptist choir in their church.
They visited both Hindu temple and Black baptist church. Religion: Both Kamala and Maya were brought up with both Hindu Religion (her mother's faith) and Baptist (christian) faith (Father's).Sister: Maya's sister Kamala Harris is older to Maya by 3 years, the sisters have grown up close.Her father Donald is a Jamaican of African ancestry. Ethnicity: Maya's mother is from Besant Nagar, Chennai, south India.Mother: Maya's mother was an Activist, Cancer Researcher, Teacher of Indian origin (her father was an Indian diplomat), she was involved with the civil rights movement of 1960s, she passed away on 11th February 2009, she had been suffering from colon cancer.Image: Maya Harris with husband Tony West Maya Harris Interesting Facts & Trivia (Meena as a 4 year old girl was instrumental in Maya meeting Tony, she was playing hide and seek, met and befriended Tony before her mom)
She works as an associate at a law firm in Washington. Maya has a daughter named Meena Harris, She is a Stanford graduate and a law graduate from Harvard Law School. Tony is the general counsel of Uber and was a senior official in the United States Department of Justice. Maya is married to Tony West, a lawyer by profession, her classmate at the Stanford University (class of 1992). Juris Doctor (J.D): She also graduated from Stanford University in law.Law School: she went to Lincoln Law School of San Jose to study law.
Kamala and Maya credit their mother for shaping their lives. Maya and Kamala grew up with their mother and were very close to her, their father was involved in the process as well. She was brought up in USA (San Francisco Bay Area) & Canada (Montreal, Quebec). Maya Harris was born as Maya Harris on January 30th 1967 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States to Shyamala Gopalan(Mother)- a civil rights activist and a cancer researcher of Indian origin & Donald Harris (father)- Stanford University economics professor. She is the sister of 2020 Presidential candidacy aspirant Kamala Harris.
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Maya Harris is an American lawyer, activist, TV commentator & a political analyst.
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