Vice President Harris celebrates Ella Emhoff's college graduation: 'Keep dreaming with ambition'

Ella Emhoff graduated from college, with endearing wishes from Vice President Kamala Harris.

"Congratulations to our daughter Ella on her graduation," wrote Harris on Saturday, sharing an Instagram photo of herself and her model step-daughter, who attended The New School's Parsons School of Design in New York City. "I am so proud of you. Keep dreaming with ambition and there is nothing you cannot achieve. Love, Momala."

The nickname, Harris explained in a 2019 essay for Elle, is a warm substitute for "step-mom." When Harris married attorney Doug Emhoff in 2014, his children Ella, 21, and Cole, 26, (from a previous marriage) disliked the term, opting to call the VP "Momala" instead.

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