Heather Malkawi

Heather joined Texas Impact in 2021 as a seminary intern, then served a year as the Unitarian Universalist Justice Fellow, focusing on LGBTQIA2S+, Immigration, and Health & Human Service issues. She served as the liaison between Texas Impact and the member organization Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry. She brings over 20+ years of experience in the non-profit social work and insurance industries. Now moving into the Public Policy Advocate role, she hopes to educate and encourage people of faith on the importance of telling their personal stories to create change here in Texas.

Heather is a graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (2024) with a Master of Divinity (MDiv), and her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Michigan (2002). She received the Charles L. King Preaching Award & The Ethel W. Lance Human and Civil Rights Award. Heather is a member and ordained elder at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX.

Her current interests include interfaith understanding of religious trauma and its effects on individual spirituality, theatre, and large choral works of music. Heather was raised in Flint, Michigan (yes, that one). She has lived in Chicago and now Austin, Texas, and is the proud mom of two sons.