 Heineman is a board certified art therapist who brings spoken word events to seniors, and she is an experienced teacher, and the co-author of a book on teaching Shakespeare, "AP Classroom, A Midsummer Night's Dream".She played Sharlene Frame Watts Matthews from 1975–77 and was awarded the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 1978.Heineman starred in the mini-series "Loose Change", also starring Cristina Raines.