Dr. Heather Smith is a physician and author of both fiction and non-fiction exploring autism and emotional resilience. As an advocate, she is a founder and/or board member of organizations focused on health and inclusive education. As an entrepreneur, she is also the founder of an anti-plastic natural skincare brand.
Her career reflects an uncommon blend of scientific training and nonlinear creative drive. Across her work, she is guided by one core belief: integrity matters. In medicine, that means evidence-based care. In skincare, it meant building a microplastic-free brand when industry shortcuts did not align with her values. In storytelling, it means portraying neurodivergent characters with complexity rather than stereotype. In advocacy, it means building better systems while challenging those that no longer serve.
Heather brings analytical precision and imaginative depth to her work across healthcare quality improvement, product formulation, and narrative.
Where she sees a gap, she builds a solution.