Harris earned her Bachelor at Howard University where she earned a degree in political science and economics she also earned a law degree from University of California Hastings she began her career as a prosecutor eventually becoming district attorney of San Francisco before advancing to State and National roles she served as Attorney General of California and US senator from California as well born to an Indian mother sha shamea goolan a cancer researcher and civil rights activist and a Jamaican father of African descent Donald Harris an economist and Professor Harris embodies a complex intersection of racial and cultural ident