How did Angela Alsobrooks’ relationship with Kamala Harris influence her career?

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Angela Alsobrooks read a book Harris had written about criminal reform and was impressed. Alsobrooks and Harris met and Alsobrooks traveled to San Francisco to learn more about Harris’s initiatives. Alsobrooks incorporated similar ideas into her own campaign platform when she ran for Prince George’s county state’s attorney in 2010. This professional relationship also blossomed into a personal mentorship, with Alsobrooks often referring to Harris as her “quintessential big sister.”