She got enrolled at the Mount Vernon College for Women and from there, she received the Bachelor of Arts degree in the Communications. Additionally, she also attended the Columbia University and earned herself a Master’s Degree in journalism. At the beginning of her career, Heather started co-anchoring the newscasts Good Day early call as well as Good day New York Wake Up on 1st February of the year 2009 along with the co-anchor Steve lacy weekday mornings, for the Fox-owned as well as operated station WNYW located in the New York City.