Barneveld, Herkimer County
Heidi received her BFA from Syracuse University, focusing on the historical photography and architecture of the Adirondacks and its impact on making the Adirondack Park the place that it is today. She has a MS from SUNY Albany in Second Language Acquisition and worked with refugee students in the Utica Public Schools.
She is supporter of many non-profits and advocacy groups, she is very involved in regional volunteer work. Heidi is local farm supporter with grandparents on both sides of her family who were dairy farmers, and supports the work of small local farmers for the majority of her family’s food through CSA memberships. Heidi has a deep love of open space and greatly appreciates the need for a sense of place in a community. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, boating, fishing, gardening, quilting, traveling and spending time with her husband, Jonas Kelly, and their dogs.