About the author of assisted-death law
California Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman, an author of California’s new assisted-death law
• Party: Democrat
• Occupation: Assembly member, 13th Assembly District
• Age: 54, born in Castro Valley
• Residence: Stockton
• Personal: Married to Renee Hall; daughter, Emelia, age 7
• Education: Bachelor’s degree, CSU Stanislaus; master’s of social work, CSU Stanislaus; Ph.D., Portland State University
• Career highlights: Social worker, Hospice of Emanuel in Turlock, Calif., 1993-1996; Graduate program director, division of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, 2004-2009; Stockton City Council, 2006-2012; California State Assembly, 2012 to present.
• Quote: “Sitting by people who are dying every day, you learn so much about living.”
Source: Times reporting
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