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Susan Gerbic was born on 1962 in Salinas, California, U.S., is an American skepticism activist (born 1962). Discover Susan Gerbic's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Occupation Studio photographer
Age 62 years old
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Born 1962
Birthday 1962
Birthplace Salinas, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1918

Her father was born in 1918 in Euclid, Ohio, to parents from Slovenia; he served during World War II and after the war went to live in Salinas.

1962

Susan Gerbic (born 1962) is an American studio photographer who became known as a scientific skepticism activist, mostly for exposing people claiming to be mediums.

A columnist for Skeptical Inquirer, she is the co-founder of Monterey County Skeptics and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

The youngest of three children, Gerbic was raised as a Southern Baptist in Salinas, California.

1980

Gerbic attended Fremont Elementary, El Sausal Junior High School, and Alisal High School in Salinas, graduating in 1980.

She became an atheist in her junior year.

1982

Gerbic worked at Lifetouch, a portrait studio in JC Penney in the Northridge Mall in Salinas, from 1982 for 34 years, including as manager.

1983

Gerbic married Robert Forsyth in 1983.

1993

After high school, she studied at Hartnell College, also in Salinas, obtaining AAs in general studies in 1993 and history in 1998, while working and raising two sons.

2000

Gerbic first read Skeptical Inquirer when she was 33, and in 2000, she attended the Skeptic's Toolbox workshop in Eugene, Oregon.

2002

In 2002, she was awarded a BA in Social & Behavioral Studies by California State University, Monterey Bay.

The couple had two sons, and the marriage ended in 2002.

2009

In 2009, she went to Mexico on an "Amazing Adventure" cruise organized by the Canadian stage magician and skeptic James Randi; according to the New York Times, Randi used a MacArthur grant to fund "annual ship cruises filled with skeptics".

Much of Gerbic's activism has consisted of organizing sting operations against people claiming to be mediums.

She and a group of volunteers calling themselves "Guerrilla Skeptics" would set up fake Facebook profiles, then visit mediums claiming to be receiving messages from the subjects of the profiles.

Gerbic's team would record the session and post the evidence online.

They met in 2009 on one of James Randi's skeptics' cruises to Mexico; Edward was working on the ship as part of the entertainment.

2010

In 2010, Gerbic founded "Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia" (GSoW), a group of editors who create and edit Wikipedia articles that reflect scientific skepticism.

2013

In 2013, Gerbic discovered she had breast cancer after she and a colleague at Lifetouch studios scheduled mammograms in response to Angelina Jolie undergoing a preventive mastectomy.

2014

By December that year, Gerbic had completed 20 weeks of chemotherapy for stage II cancer and, by March 2014, 33 radiation treatments.

Gerbic continued to work throughout the treatment, and her follow-up mammogram revealed no cancer.

She said the experience had made her tougher.

2016

She retired in 2016 when the studio closed.

2018

As of August 2018, Gerbic was in a relationship with the mentalist Mark Edward.

2019

The New York Times Magazine reported in February 2019, in an interview with Gerbic, that GSoW had 144 editors who had worked on nearly 900 Wikipedia pages.