Art, Science, Teaching

Select Interviews and Media

Inspiring Girls with STEAM Power and the Model Renaissance Man

(Interesting Engineering, July 2019)

Leonardo’s Science Workshop: Invent, Create, and Make STEAM Projects Like a Genius

(New York Journal of Books, January 2019)

MISSion Innovation Gets Girls to Solve Climate Crisis Through STEAM

(BizWest, September 2018)

“An Inspiring Woman on a Mission: Heidi Olinger”

(Cindy May Marketing, April 2018)

Impact Partnership: Pretty Brainy and the OtterCares Foundation

(OtterCares Foundation, July 2019)

Innovate Fort Collins Challenge Pitch: MISSion Innovation

(IFCC Pitch Night, August 2018)

Colorado Women of Influence

(Women of Vision Awards Interview, July 2017)

Pretty Brilliant: Girls in Engineering Design Making Life Bright for Others

(April 2015)

How to Get Girls to Like STEM

(TEDx Boca Raton, May 2014)

Girls Using Science, Math for Fashion

(KUSA 9NEWS Denver, August 2013)

Girls Can Be Pretty and Brainy

(WB2 / Fox 31 Denver, December 2013)

Clothing as Communication

(Colorado Public Radio, April 2012)
Select Other Publications
Books

The STEM of Fashion Design

Fort Collins, CO: Pretty Brainy, 2013.
Book Contribution

“Users’ Stories: Online Dating & Doing Business Online Share a Few Sins.”

Chap. 5 in The Virtual Executive, by D.A. Benton. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
Journals and Periodicals Related to Steam

“Critical Thinking, Critical Making: Conductive Stickers & the Design Notebook.”

(Oct. 2015). Collage, the Journal of the Colorado Art Education Association. 25-29.

“The Design Notebook as STEAM Learning Tool.”

(June 2015). STEAMed.

“Redesigning Fashion Design: From Tween Distraction to STEM Focus.”

(Aug.7, 2014). Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Retrieved April 9, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/fashion-design-stem-focus-heidi-olinger

“To Help Students Learn, Appeal to What They Value.”

(Jan. 15, 2014). Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Retrieved April 9, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/appeal-to-what-students-value-heidi-olinger?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-appeal-to-value

“The Success of Learning to Fail: Girls, STEM, and the Curse of Perfection.”

(Nov. 2013). Nothing But Good News Magazine. 44-45.

“Everyday Lessons for Your Tween Daughter: How Your Attitude Prepares Her for Life.”

(Aug. 2010). Gaiam Life.