 Her father, Ralph Wiggins, was the stuntman responsible for the wing-walking maneuvers in Robert Redford's 1975 movie, "The Great Waldo Pepper", and her mother, Grace, was one of the first women ever to parachute.At age 38, Wiggins graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in English.Wiggins represented the 7th District (Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties) until she was forced out of office by term limits in December 2004.