Julie Dockstader Heaps is a contract writer for the Church News. She is also a freelance correspondent for the Church News and for SVI Media. From 1990 to 2008, she was a full-time staff writer for the Church News and Deseret News, including writing for the 2002 Olympic reporting team. From 2005 to 2008, she served on a Church Curriculum Department general writing committee. Julie currently lives in Syracuse, Utah, with her husband, David, and daughter, Hannah. She enjoys kayaking, sports and music in her free time.