Goldsmith, Annie (20. januar 2021). «Kamala Harris Will Be Thinking About Her Mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, at the Inauguration». Town & Country(engelsk). Besøkt 20. januar 2021. «Born in Madras (now Chennai), India, Gopalan was just 19 years old when she left India alone. Having graduated from Delhi University, she went to study at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her doctorate in nutrition and endocrinology.»