Dr. Heine is a transplant to Texas. She is from a small town in South Dakota and graduated cum laude from South Dakota State University. Dr. Heine then moved to Houston to attend University of Houston where she graduated with her doctorate of optometry in 2008. During her studies, she received 2 letters of clinical excellence and completed a vigorous internship at the VA in Albuquerque, NM. For 10 years, Dr. Heine owned her own practice and she brought all her knowledge and insight over when she joined Memorial Park Vision to work alongside her old U of H College of Optometry friend, Dr. Howard.