About Heather

I have spent much of my life living and traveling abroad and developed a great love to explore new things, and to meet new friends from diverse cultures.  Stepping outside my comfort zone has sometimes been hard, sometimes scary, but always rewarding and full of new insights. 

I was born and raised in New York City. My father’s work often took us to foreign destinations.  One of my first trips, when I was about four years old, was the Canarie Islands, where I learned about jet lag by falling asleep, face first, into my bowl of spaghetti. Family vacations ranged from the Carribbean to various destinations in Europe, and at the age of 16, I departed from my routine of summer camp to live with a French host family in Louvieres, France.  This experience profoundly changed my life – I went from being an only child, to having 8 siblings that to me, are as real and solid as the family I was born into.  I learned that communication is more than words as I struggled to use my hands and objects to act out French words I didn’t know, and then quickly found myself babbling away in a language that had once been foreign to me.  I also changed from a shy girl, afraid of the world around her, to a young woman bursting to explore, and this passion has remained with me ever since.

I enjoy diverse points of view, and opinions on life issues, politics, and the world at large – my foreign friends and colleagues have taught me so much about life and living.  It is my passion to work with the other brave souls that embark on the adventure of adapting to a new life in a new culture, to help you overcome the common obstacles and leave you free to learn and explore the new opportunities surrounding you.