Last Updated: 03 May, 2024 | Views: 375
Age: 57
Profession: Lawyer
Other Profession(s): Writer
Famous For: Senior Associate at Policy Link
Higher Education: Berkeley (BA)Stanford University (JD)
Net Worth: $1.5 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Maya Harris is a senior associate at PolicyLink and a prominent African-American public policy advocate and academic. Maya Harris was born on January 30, 1967, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, U.S. Maya Harris was born and brought up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Maya Harris became passionate about politics at a young age. Maya Harris did B.A. from Stanford University and chose Political Science and International Relations. Maya Harris got a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California.
Maya Harris Career:
Maya Harris Wok in Legal Field:
• After completing J.D. from Stanford Law School, Maya Harris started work as a law clerk in United States District Court Judge James Ware in California.
• In 1994, Maya Harris enrolled the San Francisco law firm of Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, LLP, working as civil and criminal litigation.
Maya Harris Advocacy:
• Maya Harris works as s senior Associate at PolicyLink, as a national research and action institute committed to advancing economic and social equity.
• Maya Harris planned conferences around police-community relations and advocated for policy change authoring two national publications.
Maya Harris Work as Philanthropist
• In 2008, Maya Harris was elected vice president of Democracy, Rights and become Justice memeber at the Ford Foundation.
• The program focused on promoting operative governance, increasing independent participation, and protecting and forward-moving human rights worldwide. Maya Harris led a global team in making grants of over $150 million annually.
Maya Harris Activated in Politics
• Maya Harris was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and brought transformation as a scholar at Harvard Law School.
• As Clinton's campaign representative of the Democratic Party Platform Committee, Maya Harris helped draft the 2016 platform.
Maya Harris Work As Writer
• Maya Harris authored the essay "Fostering Accountable Community-Centered Policing" in the 2006 book The Covenant with Black America.
• Maya Harris was also a contributing writer of the The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.
Maya Harris Awards
• 1997: Young Lawyers Division of the National Bar Association 2006: 10 notable Desis of the year
• 2009: First class of The Root 100
• 2014: Justice Award
Maya Harris Unknown Facts:
Diagnosed with lupus: In 2020, Harris revealed she had had lupus at the age of 22.
Campaign chairwoman: Maya Harris served as campaign chairwoman for her sister's 2020 presidential campaign until the campaign's suspension.
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