Heidi and her husband, P.T. Bjerke, an urban farmer, make their home in the Emerson East neighborhood. Professionally and as a volunteer Heidi has worked tirelessly to improve our community and make sure that all residents are treated fairly and with respect. Heidi is currently a Steering Committee member of the Emerson East Neighborhood Association and serves as the Housing Task Force Chair for Progressive Dane. She is also the current Board President of the Tenant Resource Center, and is a member of the Madison Affordable Housing Action Alliance and Labor Forward. Heidi is an attorney for Legal Action of Wisconsin. For the past six years she has been representing low income tenants in eviction cases and subsidized housing disputes in the Madison area. She is bargaining unit co-chair for the United Legal Workers (which represents workers at Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.'s Madison office, and is affiliated with the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW 2320). Heidi also serves on the Board of the Public Interest Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Madison Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Heidi received her B.A. from UW-Madison in 2001, where she played four years of varsity women's soccer, double majored in Political Science and Women's Studies, and obtained a certificate in American Indian Studies. Heidi received her J.D. from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2005 where she won the Dean's Award for Jurisprudence and represented immigrants in removal proceedings as a clinical legal services student.