Member Profile

A longtime resident of Surrey/White Rock (B.C.), on territory of the Semiahmoo Nation, Heidi works as a writer, editor, and instructor. She leads workshops on a variety of topics, making presentations at conferences, galleries, and schools. For over a decade, she has worked with inmates at several correctional institutes in BC's Lower Mainland. She helped develop a long standing Open Mic series in her community, as well as the for-now-dormant Readings by the Salish Sea literary series. She served as her city's 'resident poet' in 2012 as part of the cross-Canada Mayor's Challenge and helped establish an official Poet Laureate program there. She enjoys lazy gardening as well as foraging for berries, mushrooms, and lines for new poems.