BASKING RIDGE, N.J. Retired librarian Rajesh Agrawal first came to New Jersey from Uttar Pradesh, India, to attend Montclair State University with her husband in 1963. A widowed grandmother now living in the Indian American hub of Edison, New Jersey, she has lived a slice of the American dream, having raised two American daughters one a pediatrician, the other a teacher.

For Agrawal, electing Vice President Kamala Devi Harris whose mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris , was an Indian immigrant as president would fulfill a longstanding wish.

I always dreamed that one day an Indian will be the president of the country, Agrawal said. And its happening now!

If Harris defeats former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, she will be the first woman president, the second Black president, the first South Asian American president, and the first Asian American president of any kind.

Perhaps because there are still only 4.4 million Indian Americans in the country, of whom 2.1 million are eligible to vote, the communitys response to Harris nomination has elicited limited attention.