Heather Torres is a mother, award-winning professional artist, entrepreneur, and the Director of Graduate Programs at a media arts university in Florida. Before working in education, she spent over a decade as a sales professional, corporate trainer, marketing consultant, and internet marketing manager for a national property management company. A watercolor and acrylic fine artist, she specializes in promoting fine art, art education, illustration, book publishing, exhibition curation, and event management. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Belhaven University.