Meena Harris, best known as the founder of the Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign, is also a noted lawyer, activist, best-selling children’s book author and producer. Born to a single mother, she spent her childhood surrounded by three strong and brilliant women; her mother Maya Harris, a senior policy advisor for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, her grandmother, a noted biomedical scientist and Kamala Harris, currently the US Vice President. From them, she imbibed a fighting spirit and also a will to try and make a difference. Eventually, she earned her degree in jurisprudence from Harvard Law School and embarked on her career. However, she soon gave that up to form ‘Phenomenal’ with the intention of raising money and spreading awareness about problems faced by women. Starting with Black women employees, she soon spread her work to include other groups that have been historically ignored, eventually creating a space for all of them.
