Heidi’s expertise lies in crafting public health information into print, multimedia and knowledge management products. Heidi has ten years of experience within international public health and development leading communication to strengthen socially responsible public-private partnerships, resource mobilization, behavior change, service delivery and advocacy. Content has focused on: improved child survival maternal and newborn health; family planning; women's equity; child protection; girls' education; water, sanitation and hygiene; and increased demand for and access to services. Over the past 15 years as a photographer and content producer, she has worked with clients to shape programmatic material into products and campaigns to increase their impact and visibility.
She is most interested in intersections between cultural anthropology, semiotics, health, family, community and storytelling, as well as use of simple appropriate technologies to connect us to each other and to information.
Heidi has worked professionally in more than 30 countries in West Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean and the United States for clients including UNICEF, UNDP, Doctors Without Borders, The Globe & Mail, and UNCESCO-L’oreal Partnership for Women in Science. She has an unhealthy obsession with photobooths and handmade books, and enjoys playing with dogs and babies.