IN HER WORDS
Q: What’s the first concert you went to? What’s the most recent concert you went to?
A: The first concert I ever went to was Aaron Carter. The most recent concert was Chris Stapleton.
Q: Tell us about your family.
A: My father, Cliff Heistand, is an engineer at a powerplant. He is frugal and likes to fix things. My mother, Diane Heistand, is a health and physical education teacher at the high school level. She is a dog whisperer and longtime track and field and field hockey coach. My sister, Karlie Heistand, played at UConn and is currently on the U.S. National Team and coaches at Villanova. My parents’ dog, Titan, lives up to his name. I have a boyfriend of six years, Collin Wallace, and we have a fur baby named Apollo.
Q: What was your first job growing up?
A: My first job was working as a private swim lesson instructor.
Q: How do you relax?
A: I enjoy walking my dog Apollo and making him cuddle with me on the couch.
Q: What’s your favorite meal?
A: That would be Chicken Francese and garlic bread.
Q: What was your first car? What’s your dream car?
A: My first car was a manual Dodge Neon. My dream car would be a white Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Q: What artists and/or songs on your current most-listened to playlist?
A: It all depends on my mood, but the most played stations on my Pandora are “Queen Radio”, “90s Pop” and “Today’s Country.”
Q: What’s the best advice you ever received and who did it come from?
A: My mother, Diane, told me: “You don’t want to think shoulda, coulda, woulda.”
Q: When you go grocery shopping, are you the “Make a List” person or the “Just Wing It” person?
A: I HAVE to make a list. I’m a list person.
