PoliticsPhoto: The HinduKerala-born Nithya Raman Elected Mayor of Los Angeles
Nithya Raman, born in Kerala and raised partly in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Karen Bass. At 45, she is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has a background in civic activism across Indian cities. Raman holds degrees from Harvard and MIT and gained U.S. citizenship at 22. She previously led sanitation efforts in Chennai through Transparent Chennai.
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