Her Parents Parted Ways When She Was A Kid

Harris and her sister grew up in a single-parent household since her mother and father’s marriage ended in divorce when she was just seven years old. Gopalan raised the two of them in a yellow duplex in Bancroft Way, West Berkeley, a neighborhood with a significant Black population.

Talking about her childhood, Harris recalled how her mom juggled taking good care of them while also working round the clock. She made everything work, though, even finding the time to take them to choir practice and make them lunch for school.