She completed her PharmD at the University of Minnesota in 2007 as part of the first graduating class on the Duluth campus. She completed a PGY-1 residency at Allina Health Mercy and Unity hospitals. After residency, she spent 8 years as a clinical pharmacist at Mercy Hospital. Heather also worked as the pharmacist consultant for Genevive, formerly Geriatric Services of Minnesota. She joined the College of Pharmacy faculty in Spring 2016. Her current research is based on her clinical practice as she implements pharmacy services in the emergency department at St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth and increases education of opioid overdose prevention in the emergency department, the pharmacy curriculum and the community.