Heather Simons graduated in 2005 with a BA in Psychology from the State University of NY at Geneseo. Heather switched career paths in 2008 and earned an Applied Associates in Medical Laboratory Technology from Central Piedmont Community College- Charlotte, NC. In 2018 Heather graduated from the Specialist in Blood Banking program at OneBlood-St. Petersburg, Fl. Heather is ASCP certified as an MLT, BB and SBB. Since starting her career in medical lab technology, she has always worked in transfusion medicine. Heather started out in the blood bank at Presbyterian Hospital (Novant Health) in Charlotte, NC and currently works at Duke Transfusion Services in Durham, NC. At Duke she has worked as a medical lab scientist, the Immunohematology Senior and in December of 2019, she moved into the Analytical Specialist position. Heather is a 3-year board member of the North Carolina Association of Blood Bankers.