Artist Bio- Heather Ouellette-Cygan

Heather has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember and has been filling notebooks with it since she was a teenager. One of her earliest memories is of her five year old self sitting in her bedroom writing a poem about a cat. Since then she has strived to live life in a constant state of revision.

In addition to poetry, Heather writes fiction, drama, and essays. She has published poems in literary journals including the NCTE English Journal, and her one-act play “God Bless Mom” was performed at the Winnipesaukee Playhouse. She has an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus on Fiction and teaches English, Film, and Media Literacy at the high school level in New Hampshire.

In addition to writing and teaching, Heather works to resist the establishment as an social justice activist, most particularly for LGBTQ+ rights. With her family, cats, and several residential rodents, who scamper about in the tin ceilings, she is living in and working to restore an 1840’s farmhouse.

She is an original Geek, who has been involved with the Twin Geekz Artz Project since its inception and completed all 52 Workz each of the three times she participated. She is hopeful for the opportunity to undertake this whirlwind adventure yet again and for the connection and inspiration she will gain with this community of Artistz. She also hopes to venture outside of her comfort zone and to try new artistic forms.

So often we create in a vacuum; a project such as this presents a chance to overcome that.