Heather is an avid tennis and basketball player, runner and genealogist. Currently, Heather works as a genetic genealogist for Price as well as doing research in the Human Genetics department at the University of Utah. She received a bachelor's degree in Genetics, Genomics & Biotechnology with a minor in Family History from Brigham Young University in 2022. In the Fall of 2024 Heather will begin graduate school studying Computational Biology and Population Genetics. She is pursuing this degree to enhance her genetic genealogy skills. Heather grew up in Wallsburg, Utah; she is the youngest of 9 children.