Cora Faith Walker

{{Short description|American politician (c. 1984–2022)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}

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| state_house = Missouri

| district = 74th

| term_start = January 4, 2017

| term_end = July 29, 2019

| predecessor = Sharon Pace

| successor = Michael Person

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| birth_name = Cora Faith Drew

| birth_date = November 5, 1984

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|3|11|37}}

| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| spouse = Tim Walker

| party = Democratic

| education = Washington University in St. Louis (BA, MPH)
Saint Louis University (JD)

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Cora Faith Walker (née Drew;{{Cite web |title=Cora Walker Obituary (2022) - Saint Louis, MO - St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/stltoday/name/cora-walker-obituary?id=33639721 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Legacy.com}} November 5, 1984{{Cite web |title=Cora Faith Walker Foundation Created for Health Equity {{!}} Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://brownschool.wustl.edu/News/Pages/Cora-Faith-Walker-Foundation-Created-for-Health-Equity.aspx |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=brownschool.wustl.edu|date=January 19, 2023 }}{{Cite web |title=6907 |url=https://stlouisco.civicweb.net/document/88191/ |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=stlouisco.civicweb.net}} – 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.{{cite web|title=Cora Walker|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Cora_Walker|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=November 21, 2017}} On July 29, 2019, Walker resigned from the Missouri House of Representatives and became the policy director for St. Louis County executive Sam Page.{{cite web |last1=Qin |first1=Jiaoran |title=State representative resigns to take job in St. Louis County |url=https://www.komu.com/news/state-representative-resigns-to-take-job-in-st-louis-county/ |publisher=NBC 8 - KOMU |accessdate=September 4, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731154123/https://www.komu.com/news/state-representative-resigns-to-take-job-in-st-louis-county/ |archivedate=July 31, 2019 |language=En |date=July 30, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Missouri lawmaker resigns for St. Louis County policy job |url=https://fox2now.com/2019/07/30/missouri-lawmaker-resigns-for-st-louis-county-policy-job/ |publisher=Fox 2 - KTVI |accessdate=September 4, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827172811/https://fox2now.com/2019/07/30/missouri-lawmaker-resigns-for-st-louis-county-policy-job/ |archivedate=August 27, 2019 |language=En |date=July 30, 2019}}

Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Washington University in St. Louis,{{Cite web |last=American |first=Dawn Suggs {{!}} The St Louis |title=Brilliant servant leader Cora Faith Walker dies at 37 |url=http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/brilliant-servant-leader-cora-faith-walker-dies-at-37/article_1daf5fa8-a1a0-11ec-843b-6b6374a1b44f.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=St. Louis American |date=March 12, 2022 |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|title=What No One Could've Predicted|url=https://www.slu.edu/law/alumni/magazine/archive/2020/alumni-feature-cora-faith-walker.php|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=www.slu.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Walker will leverage public health background in Missouri House {{!}} Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis|url=https://brownschool.wustl.edu/News/Pages/Walker-will-leverage-public-health-background-in-Missouri-House.aspx|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=brownschool.wustl.edu}}

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.{{cite news|url = https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/cora-faith-walker-died-heart-condition-medical-examiner/63-ffe06b7e-1413-4726-baf5-9ce450ec25ba|title = Former Missouri Representative Cora Faith Walker died of heart condition, St. Louis medical examiner rules|work = KDSK|date = April 27, 2022|accessdate = April 28, 2022|last = Byers|first = Christine}}{{Cite web |last=Byers |first=Christine |date=2022-03-14 |title=Autopsy performed on top aide to St. Louis County executive who died unexpectedly at 37 |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/cora-faith-walker-st-louis-county-autopsy/63-37b7a04c-f5cf-476e-9d05-9238c6c1c48a |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=KDSK TV |language=en-US}} She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, aged 37.{{cite web|title=Preliminary toxicology report following sudden death of Cora Faith Walker negative for drugs|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/preliminary-toxicology-sudden-death-cora-faith-walker-negative-for-drugs/63-66c3369a-41d9-42ab-aecc-f9ba2dc8ac54|date=March 21, 2022|publisher=KSDK News|last1=Byers|first1=Christine|last2=Kuerth|first2=Jacob|last3=Vawter|first3=Hayley|accessdate=April 11, 2022}} The cause of death was determined to have been non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.