U.S.A.
Jackie Speier graduated from Mercy High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Davis, as well as a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has experience in high-finance and the public sector, having served as a congressional staffer for Congressman Leo Ryan. Speier was involved in a significant historical event when she was shot during a fact-finding mission to investigate the Peoples Temple in 1978. Her personal life includes two marriages and two children, one of whom is a journalist.