Heidi M. Sheridan was born and educated in California. She attended Crafton Hills Community College, the University of California, Riverside, and California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo as she earned her BA and MA in English. She subsequently taught English, literature, creative writing, and humanities courses. In 2013, she earned the terminal Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry at Drew University in New Jersey, and in 2016, was named Dean of Arts and Humanities at Ocean County College and subsequently, in 2023, named Executive and Artistic Director in the Grunin Center for the Arts.
