This is Shyamala Gopalan Harris, Kamala Harris' scientist mother.
When her daughters spoke glowingly of her influence on them at the DNC, I was one of the 300,000 people who flocked to her Wikipedia page to find out more.
It left me curious about her life as a scientist & sent me down a rabbit hole. My new @PLOS post is what I learned:
@hildabast @PLOS Excellent piece! Thank you!
@hildabast @PLOS This is amazing. Harris's mom was a published biochemistry scientist even before she started her doctorate. And she was so laser focused on her life goal from an early age. It's no wonder she raised such intelligent kids.
@hildabast @PLOS I love this so much! As a pathologist who routinely assesses the progesterone receptor expression of breast cancer cases, I will now think of the brilliant Dr. Gopalan even more often. I also had my babies while in training, so I feel an extra bit of admiration for her success in both science and parenting!
For Canadians, I notice in the article that Gopalan moved to Montreal when Kamala would have been about 11ish. So TIL that Harris is alumna of Westmount High and Vanier College!
@hildabast @PLOS
And look at her niece.
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/kamala-harris-mexican-cousin/
@Makilipurdi Oso fuertea, bai. Zenbat emakume bihotz gabetuko ziren eta amore eman halako bereizkeria pasibo-agresiboengatik @hildabast @PLOS