Harris success inspire students

Montreal, Jan. 21: Students at a high school in Canada were glued Wednesday to coverage of former student Kamala Harris's inauguration as US vice president, saying her achievements would drive them to reach new goals. Harris, then aged 12, moved to Montreal with her sister Maya in 1976 when their divorced mother relocated the family to pursue her career as a cancer researcher.

From 1978 to 1981 Harris attended Westmount High, which also counts singersongwriter Leonard Cohen among its alumni.

“I find it so crazy that a woman from this school, my own high school, went and became such a great woman, and now she is the vice president of the USA,” a student named Brenda said. Harris was an extroverted American teenager who identified as African-American, former classmates said.