Heather holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, a Masters of Library and Information Science from St. Catherine University and a Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies from the University of St. Thomas. In 2020, she began teaching and advising students for the Archives and Special Collections pathway of the Library and Information Science program at St. Catherine University.

Other Publications
One Question Is Not Enough
Essay in the book "Synthesis: Lost and Found in America - The Art of Vesna Kittelson" : Afton Press. 4/2020

WARM: A Women's Collective Art Space
Article for MNopedia.org. 7/27/2020

The WAM Files
Twenty-seven web articles for University of Minnesota Archives and Special Collections. 2017-18

American Craft Council Blog. 2015-16
Textiles at Penland, 1959
Old School Cool(ing): Waymon Cole Throws a Ring Jug
James Lee Byars' Gifts to the Universe
Chemical Architecture
Fame, Drama and Rejection in the MCC Archives