Narrated by Connell's close friend, awards winning actress/director Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables, Reign (TV series), Wynonna Earp (TV series)[1] ) Small Voices documents the struggles of several street children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, many of whom live and work at the local garbage dump, on their journey to get an education.

[6] In 2011, Connell set out to make her second documentary feature Forget Us Not, which follows the stories of some of the five-million non-Jewish Holocaust survivors including renowned artist Ceija Stojka and is narrated by Golden Globe winning actor Ron Perlman.

Along with being the Executive Producer and director of Displaced Yankee Productions,[10] Heather Connell served as Board Chair of the Lineage Dance Company and Performing Arts Center (LPAC), a contemporary dance company dedicated to raising support and awareness for nonprofit organizations and making the arts accessible to audiences of all demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

https://southpasadenan.com/the-last-five-years-now-playing-at-lineage-performing-arts-center/ Shortly after filming Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children, Connell founded the Safe Haven Medical Outreach Program.

[12] Safe Haven is a non-profit educational and therapeutic outreach program for disabled children in Siem Riep, Cambodia.