Hi, I'm
Heather.

I'm a software engineer based in New York City, and I come from a pretty unusual mix of places. My mom is from Edmonton, Alberta, my dad is from Prince Edward Island — so I'm Canadian by blood — but I grew up in The Woodlands, Texas. Which means I can talk about hockey and football, and I have very strong opinions about Timbits.

I went to Michigan State University for Computer Science and Statistics, but honestly? I wanted to be a dietitian. I was fascinated by food, biology, the way the body works — how everything is a system interacting with everything else. At some point I realized that software was the same kind of puzzle, just expressed differently, and with infinite possible applications.

"Coding is the paintbrush that allows the logical person to create."

After graduating I ended up in New York — which, honestly, was never part of the plan. I never pictured myself here. But the city has a way of making a case for itself: the ambition, the energy, the sheer density of people who are the best at what they do, from every corner of the world. If you want to be around people who are building things and thinking hard and pushing themselves, NYC is where they end up. It's not an easy place to live — I miss trees and quiet and being able to see the sky without craning my neck — but there's nowhere else quite like it.

Outside of work: I'm involved in Toastmasters (public speaking is a muscle — you build it or you don't), and I care a lot about women's community and mentorship in tech. I've been attending the Society of Women Engineers annual conference since college and have had the privilege of speaking there twice. I write. I make TikToks. I recently had major hip surgery and have been documenting the whole messy, humbling, weirdly interesting process of rebuilding. I read everything I can get my hands on about evolutionary biology, longevity, mental health, and how the mind and body are in constant conversation with each other.

This site is a place for all of it. Welcome.