NEH Fourteenth Colony Master Teacher and Curriculum Consultant Heather Wilde has worked diligently to prepare workshop materials and age-graded curriculum content.

Heather Wilde serves as a Master Teacher and curriculum consultant for the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Fourteenth Colony workshops program for K-12 teachers. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences (with an emphasis in Cultural Anthropology) from the California State University, Monterey Bay. She completed the Master of Arts in Education, and a Teaching Credential from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

She is an Administrative Support Assistant for the Division of Social, Behavioral and Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Heather has a lifelong love of the California missions, and this as a result of her many visits to these significant California historical landmarks. As a K-12 classroom teacher, her favorite area of study was that of California history with special attention to the mission period.