Cora Faith Walker
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Cora Faith Walker | |
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| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 74th district | |
| In office January 4, 2017 – July 29, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sharon Pace |
| Succeeded by | Michael Person |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cora Faith Drew November 5, 1984 |
| Died | (aged 37) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Tim Walker |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis (BA, MPH) Saint Louis University (JD) |
Cora Faith Walker (née Drew;[1] November 5, 1984[2][3] – March 11, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 74th district from January 2017 to July 2019.[4] On July 29, 2019, Walker resigned from the Missouri House of Representatives and became the policy director for St. Louis County executive Sam Page.[5][6]
Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Washington University in St. Louis,[7] a Master of Public Health from Washington University's George Warren Brown School of Social Work and a Juris Doctor and health law certificate from the Saint Louis University School of Law.[8][9]
Walker lived in Ferguson, Missouri. On March 11, 2022, Walker collapsed at a hotel in St. Louis, where she had attended a birthday party for Mayor Tishaura Jones.[10][11] She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, aged 37.[12] The cause of death was determined to have been non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.[10]
