Kamala Harris made history when she became the first female, first Black, and first South Asian-American to become vice president of the United States. This isn’t the first time she’s broken barriers and shattered the glass ceiling, though. The part-Jamaican and part-Indian attorney has been doing so her entire life.

Let’s take a closer look at all the groundbreaking things she’s done, from her days as a child of immigrants growing up in Berkeley, California, to her meteoric climb up to the second-highest post in the nation. Here’s everything you didn’t know but should know about the 49th vice president of the US!

She First Aimed For Presidency

Before becoming President Joe Biden’s running mate, Harris went up against him to become the Democratic Party’s bet for the 2020 presidential race. She announced her candidacy on Martin Luther King Day in 2019 to a crowd of 20,000 in Oakland, California.

While she began as a leading contender, she soon lagged behind. Despite her take on race gathering her double-digits in the polls, Harris couldn’t secure a position alongside the top candidates like Bernie Sanders and Biden. She ended her run due to the lack of money to further fund her campaign.