eheil@heights.edu
301.365.0227 ext. 162

Eric Heil is a fourth grade lower school faculty member from the Napa Valley in California.  He attended the University of Navarre, in Spain, for one year, and then completed his B.A. in biology at the University of Dallas.  After college, his teaching experience began with the Teach for America program. He taught middle-school math and science in the Bronx for two years before returning to his biology studies. Eric was the Robert G. Engel Mammalogy Intern at the Bronx Zoo, and then moved to Washington DC to work for the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park.  At the National Zoo, Eric investigated the nutritional ecology of the California sea otter. Last year, Eric led several intensive sessions of the Cavalier Skate Club, and looks forward to another year in the Valley.