Kamala Harris makes history by being the first US Vice President.

 Kamala Harris is the first woman to become the vice president of the United States.

Not only that, she is the first black person and of Asian descent to reach the second-highest office in the US government.

"Although I am the first woman to hold this position, I will not be the last because every girl who is looking at us will see that this is a country of possibilities," Harris emphasized on November 7 in her first speech after the electoral victory.

Democrat Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as vice president of the United States, becoming the first woman, the first African American and the first person of Asian origin to reach this position in the country.

"I solemnly swear that I will uphold and defend the United States Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will maintain real faith in this very thing" was sworn in with the help of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina magistrate of the federal Supreme Court.

The new vice president will also have additional power; given the balance of forces in the new Senate, it is up to her to cast the decisive vote to resolve the cases in which there is a tie.

Who is Kamala Harris?

The Democratic politician was born in Oakland, California, into an immigrant family; her mother was from India and her father, from Jamaica. Following the divorce of her parents, Harris was raised primarily by her mother, who was a researcher specializing in breast cancer and a civil rights activist.

Harris grew up with a strong bond to her South Asian roots and accompanied her mother on her visits to India, at the same time Kamala has stressed that her mother adopted the African-American culture of Oakland, immersing her two daughters; Kamala and her younger sister Maya.

Harris studied at Howard University, one of the nation's prominent and historic African-American colleges of higher learning, something she described as one of the most formative experiences of her life. The prominent politician ensures that she has always been comfortable with her identity and she describes herself as "American."

By: María José Durán, Step 10.