Heidi recently took the lead on developing the new Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.) degree in Art + Design. The Associate of Fine Arts degree is a pre-professional degree intended for students who are planning to transfer to private art or four-year colleges. Heidi is active in College service and has served as Faculty Council Chair for the past two years and as Faculty Advisor to the Student Art Gallery Association, where students learn to put on their own solo and group exhibits. Heidi is also a model to her students by continuing to exhibit her work professionally. She earned an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa in 2002 and a BFA in painting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1994. Heidi most recently exhibited at the Amos Eno Gallery, an artist-run gallery in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.