Heather has had starring roles in several award winning short films which have won awards at international and local film festivals and screened at Golden Door, San Diego and Southhampton, Shunshine Short and Monsterfest Film Festivals. In 2018 she made her French language theatre debut in the Melbourne French Theatre's C'est encore mieux l'apres-midi with award winning director Kotryna Gestait. Heather has trained extensively with US master teacher Howard Fine, and works with expert local coach Les Chantery and singing guru Sally Bourne. She believes in the power of storytelling to create real and meaningful change in the world. Dual US and Aussie national Heather has played state representative level touch football, and worked across the Middle East and Africa using her two masters degrees to respond to the Ebola outbreak and Syrian refugee crisis as a public health expert.