Born to a Jamaican-American father and an Indian-American mother, Kamala Harris's rise to become the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party marks a historic milestone for these communities and our country—but Indian-Americans have punched above their demographic weight in politics for some time.
Indian-Americans have served as governors, senators, congresspeople, and at all levels of government—from the surgeon general to key roles in the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve to the sitting head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. This is quite the list given that immigrant and native-born Indians make up less than 2% of the population of the United States.
