Jorie Heilman

Workforce Development Fellow
Jorie graduated from the University of Miami with a B.A. in Marine Affairs and Sociology. During and after college, she worked at a variety of different environmental education programs sharing her passion for science and the natural world with participants from toddlers to adults. She has lived everywhere from the Caribbean to Alaska to the Channel Islands as well as traveling throughout Central and South America and Southeast Asia. In 2021, she moved to the Bay Area to do a fellowship about urban farming and decided to stay. She became interested in the work that GRID does because she wanted to work more directly combating climate change. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, birdwatching, and exploring tidepools.