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'''Heather Youmans''' is an American singer-songwriter, actress, tap dancer and journalist, her work has been featured in ''American Songwriter'' magazine,<ref name="American Songwriter 2019"/> [[Forbes|''Forbes Women'']] and ''Parade'' magazine profiled her career and music in 2020.<ref name="Brunner 2020"/><ref name="Whitmore 2020 Shine"/><ref name="Headliner Magazine"/>  An opening solo for a UNICEF benefit in 2005, headlined by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Natalie Cole]],<ref name="Brunner 2020"/> led to soundtrack work in the films, ''[[Flicka 2]]'' (2010) and ''[[Marley & Me: The Puppy Years]]'' (2011).<ref name="Daily 49er"/>  <s> While earning her MBA, Youmans wrote for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name="Chita Rivera"/> and the ''[[Orange County Register]]'',<ref name="OC Reg 1st"/> and later served as a publicist for [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender Guitars]].<ref name="Buttonow 2019"/> </s> Youmans tap dancing on [[I Can See Your Voice (American TV series)|''I Can See Your Voice'']] episode 4 (FOX),<ref name="See Your Voice #4"/><ref name="Upadhyay 2020" /> convinced the judges that she is a professional dancer,<ref name="San Diego Union-Tribune 2020" />  a video depicting her delivery of the national anthem and dealing with acoustic delay effect of a large stadium (Oakland Coliseum) went viral on social media in 2021.<ref name="Fowler 2021 l599">{{cite web | last=Fowler | first=Kate | title=Woman Reveals Shocking Reality of Singing in a Stadium With Sound Delay | website=Newsweek | date=2021-07-01 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092724/https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-date=2023-06-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>

Youmans holds a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication with a music minor (classical and jazz vocal at [[Bob Cole Conservatory of Music]]). She graduated [[magna cum laude]] from [[California State University, Long Beach]] (CSULB) in 2013, and graduated with an MBA at CSULB with an emphasis in marketing. During her undergraduate studies, Youmans created and hosted ''Heartbreakers: The Women of Rock'', a radio format program on [[Kbeach#22 West Radio|KBeach.org]] (2011-2013). {{Highlight|While earning her MBA, Youmans wrote for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'',<ref name="Chita Rivera"/> the ''[[Orange County Register]]'',<ref name="OC Reg 1st"/> and later served as a publicist for [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender Guitars]].<ref name="Buttonow 2019"/>}}