Pronouns: they/them
Heather, who also goes by Heat, grew up in Georgia amongst loblolly pines and southern magnolias and calls Athens, Georgia her first home. She comes from a background in food justice and sustainability which included work in community gardens where she cultivated a love of things that grow. Some of her roles in the past include advocacy work at the Houston Food Bank to an environmental educator at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Heat loves dancing, foraging mushrooms, and talking to people about trees.
Bachelors in Womens Studies and Cellular Biology from the University of Georgia.
IslandWood acknowledges that we live and work on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people, who have been stewards of this region's land and waters since time immemorial, and who continue to protect these lands and waters for future generations, as promised by the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855, and the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854.
While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish (suq̀ʷabš) and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.
IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.
4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206.855.4300