Bejing, China
Heather interviews a family involved in a community farming project called the Little Donkey Farm an hour drive from Beijing. They hope to teach their son about agriculture by spending their weekends at their garden plot. Encroaching housing developments threaten the farm's existence.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Heather testified on wage inequalities in support of the Minnesota Women's Economic Security Act at both Minnesota House and Senate committee hearings.
“The immersion writer must always be both participant and observer, but certainly never simply the observer.”
Robin Hemley , A Field Guide for Immersion Writers