Heather Ann Kippenberger graduated from the University of Missouri (Mizzou) on May 14. The 2010 American Heritage School alumna received her bachelor of science degree in K-12 education with an emphasis in art education. She plans to continue her education in Florida.

Her mother, Cydney Reynolds, is a Seminole Tribe of Florida employee and her father, Joseph S. Kippenberger, is the manager of elder services in Hollywood.

Heather’s family also includes sisters Kurya Kippenberger, Cheyenne Kippenberger and Kathlyn Jo Kippenberger Anderson; brothers Frank Reynolds and Dante Kippenberger; grandmother Lawanna Osceola-Niles, who is assistant to newly-elected Hollywood Board Rep. Gordon “Ollie” Wareham; aunt LaVonne Kippenberger Rose, who is Tribal Secretary; and uncles Robert Kippenberger and David Kippenberger.