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Heather joined EWS in 2025, bringing with her a rich and varied background in both art education and museum work. Before joining the Emery team, she taught middle and high school art for six years at a Houston-area public charter school.

Prior to her work in education, Heather spent over 14 years coordinating domestic and international exhibitions at two of Houston’s major museums—the Menil Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She has also served as the Assistant Curator at Rice University’s Department of Art History, Visual Resource Center, where she photographed artwork for faculty research and academic publications.

Heather began her academic journey at the University of Iowa, where she majored in Studio Arts and minored in Art History. She was accepted into the BFA program and awarded a solo undergraduate exhibition. After relocating to Houston, she completed her BFA degree at the University of Houston. During this time, her photography was exhibited at The Jung Center and the Galveston Arts Center, and her work is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Motivated by a long-standing goal to teach, Heather earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Rice University. While there, she assisted with exhibitions at The Moody Center for the Arts, curated VADA's 55th annual student art exhibition, and co-taught a Museum Studies course.

Rabbi Sheinkopf joined EWS in 2017 as a Judaic Studies Teacher. Rabbi Sheinkopf grew up on Cape Cod, attended Northfield Mt. Hermon School, and graduated from Columbia University with honors in religious studies where she was a New York State Scholar. Rabbi Sheinkopf attended Hebrew Union College where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. She has more than a decade of teaching experience in a variety of different settings.