Heather Ricks, MS, comes from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she was employed as the Assistant to a Provost and a College Administrative Officer. Previous to that position she spent a Semester at Sea with the Institute for Shipboard Education at the University of Virginia, and taught high school science. Heather received her Master of Science in International Agricultural Development from the University of California at Davis and her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of California at Santa Cruz.