Mary Ganapol

Mary Ganapol relocated to Tucson from the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996 and is the Southern Arizona Lead for Arizona End-of-Life Options. Her responsibilities include education, outreach and advocacy in the eight legislative districts representing Southern Arizona. In her last business venture before retirement in 2017, she left the corporate world to become the owner/operator of a home care franchise in Green Valley, Arizona called Seniors Helping Seniors. Coordinating hospice care in clients’ homes gave her firsthand experience with end-of-life issues faced by the dying, their caregivers and their families. While her parents both had “good” deaths, her first husband dealt with becoming a paraplegic and then quadriplegic in his last 16 months of life; he was frustrated with his limited end of life choices. She hosts a Death with Dignity Meetup and describes herself as an enthusiastic volunteer for a variety of non-profits.