A graduate of McHenry County College with an Associate of Science and Western State Colorado University with a Bachelor of Science in Geology. She is an alumnus of Phi Theta Kappa at MCC. Heather has also earned her Insurance Producer Licenses in Property and Casualty. She has worked in customer service in the legal field, banking, automotive, retail and technology. While in Texas and Oklahoma she did work as a Mud Logger, putting her geology degree to work. She recently moved back to the Northern Illinois area to be with family. She is using her time spent in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas to help round out her perspectives, and hopes to get back to the Rockies again sometime soon.