Heidi Méndez

Heidi Mendez Harrison (AKA the Rapping Grandma) is a bilingual actor/director/choreographer , member of Sag-Aftra and Actors Equity , who has worked professionally in New York, Mexico City and Madrid. She has a BA in Acting and MA in Directing . Her love for teenagers drove her to receive two teacher certifications. As a teacher, she is in her dream job at Pioneer High School of the Performing Arts teaching Improv, Speech, Acting , and Playwriting. As an Actor, she is most recently seen as Mrs. Peterson in the TV series Granite Flats. As a Director, she returned to the Jackson Hole Playhouse for a production of Steel Magnolias. In August of 2014 and in response to a personal spiritual revelation to her question, "now that I am an empty -nester what am I going to do with the rest of my life ?" Heidi started volunteering 9 hours a week doing theater with kids locked up at two Utah detention centers: Slate Canyon in Provo and Salt Lake Valley DT. "I've always had a gift and soft spot for