ACLP 5 Wiseman Transcript

Justice Rebecca Wiseman was born in Sanger, California and grew up in Fresno. Her father had a very interesting life, having run away from home at 16 and riding a rail to California. He worked in the Central San Joaquin Valley picking grapes and driving trucks. During World War II, he was a glider pilot in the mission "A Bridge Too Far" and was captured by the Germans. Her mother was from Pennsylvania and worked for the Department of Agriculture. Rebecca attended McClain High School and Fresno State, majoring in Journalism. She wanted to be a TV broadcaster and got her first job at KOVR in Sacramento. After a bad experience at a job interview, she decided to go to law school. She went on to have a successful career as an Associate Justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Fresno, retiring in 2013.