Heather Springer, CJE, advises yearbook, newspaper, and photojournalism at Olathe South High School, where she has been since 2018. Springer earned her bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University and her master’s degree from Emporia State. Springer received KSPA’s Sunflower Award in 2020. Both yearbook and newspaper students were awarded their first All-Kansas titles in over 20 years during the 2023 and 2024 school years. Outside of advising journalism, Springer is a luxury wedding photographer for the Ashley Ice Photography team, a gym rat, a scuba diver, and a mom to two adorable fur children and a jungle of plants.