She was always a very active child, not wanting to make potholders in Girl Scouts, but rather go outside and play stick ball, basketball and sprint against the boys.
[1][4] Heather, her sister, and younger brother all started playing in the church basketball league after their father insisted they did.
She has been practicing physical therapy since 1991, spending 9 years working for a reputable institution, specializing in sports medicine and rehabilitation.
Lyndon Brown, Heather's friend, took it upon himself to start recruiting some female bodybuilders since they didn't have enough women participants.
Heather, who originally wanted nothing to do with bodybuilding, got approached by him about participating in the competition and explained what would be expected of me.
She was on the CCNY women's basketball and track teams and had always been muscular, even as a child in junior high school.
On competition day she was so nervous that she wore shades on stage so she wouldn't see anyone in the crowd and she demanded they dim the house lights for the same reason.
She placed second in the heavyweight class and managed to do so without lighting a single weight prior to the competition.
She also does music arrangements, voice-overs, choreography, training, and contest preparation for regional, national and professional bodybuilders.