That has to change."
“I was the proud daughter of Indian immigrants.
Not Black, not white.
I was different,” Nikki explained.
“But my mom would always say your job is not to focus on the differences but the similarities.
And my parents reminded me and my siblings every day how blessed we were to live in America.”
She has an equally strong support system in the form of her husband, Michael Haley, too.
In fact, the college sweethearts met during Nikki’s first weekend at college, back in 1989.
The couple was married on September 7, 1996, in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
With his wife’s gubernatorial win, he became the very first First Gentleman of the state.
If Nikki manages to become president, Michael may even become the First Gentleman in the White House.
His unit reportedly provided aid to Afghan farmers so they could grow crops to feed their community.
Michael’s home life is just as busy.
He and Nikki share two grown-up children, a daughter, Rena, and a son, Nalin.
Rena is a pediatric nurse as well as a fellow graduate of Clemson University, in South Carolina.
She also recently became engaged.
Nalin, meanwhile, attends Villanova University in Pennsylvania.
