Washington: Senator Kamala Harris appointed Indian-American Sabrina Singh as Press Secretary for her Democratic Vice- Presidential campaign. She previously was the spokeswomen of two Democratic Presidential candidates.

Sabrina Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. Democratic presumptive vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, picked 55-year-old Indian-origin Harris as his running mate, last week.

Sabrina Singh said “I’m so excited to join the #BidenHarris ticket as Press Secretary for @KamalaHarris! Can’t wait to get to work and win in November!” the first-ever Indian-American press secretary to a vice-presidential nominee of a major political party. She was a resident of Los Angeles; Ms Singh was earlier spokesperson of the Democratic National Committee.

She is the granddaughter of Sardar J J Singh of the India League of America, a non-profit organisation which champions the interests of Indian-American community in the US. J J Singh along with a small group of fellow Indians mounted a nationwide campaign in 1940s against racial discriminatory policies of the US. This culminated in the then president Harry Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act on July 2, 1946. The signing of the Act allowed a quota of 100 Indians to immigrate to the United States per annum.

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan-American Rohini Kosoglu has been appointed in a senior role to advise Harris. She has earlier served as a senior advisor to Harris in her Senate office and presidential campaign.