A retired nurse, VanKirk represents District 3 in central-north Anaheim.
She serves on the Police Review Board with a goal of fostering understanding between the community and the Anaheim Police Department. VanKirk also seeks to pass along policing concerns of residents and others to ensure proper procedures and policies are followed.
VanKirk has lived in Anaheim since she was an early teen. She attended Trident Junior High School, which closed in 1989, and Savanna High School.
She earned nursing degrees from Fullerton College and California State University, Fullerton, and a master’s in nursing and midwifery at a joint program offered by the University of California, Los Angeles and UC Irvine.
VanKirk worked for decades as a registered nurse, including at West Anaheim Community Hospital and Kaiser Permanente.
She volunteers on pet therapy visits to Anaheim Memorial Regional Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Orange County Anaheim Medical Center and for the children’s reading program at Haskett Branch Library.
VanKirk is serving her second term through June 2024.
