Background
Maclean was born Heather Beach on October 18, 1972 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Maclean was born Heather Beach on October 18, 1972 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
She graduated from Cor Jesu Academy in Saint Louis in 1990. In 1994, she graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.
At Princeton, she was the Publisher of Business Today, the largest student-run magazine in the world, founded by Steve Forbes in 1968. Maclean began her career at The Walt Disney Company where she co-created the Disneyland Resort"s first Website, www.disneyland.com, produced the company"s first international intranet Team Disney, and had the distinction of being the first person ever to answer Mickey Mouse"s e-mail. Following Disney, she worked at Internet retailer Buy.com.
In 2001, Maclean founded Little Laureate, a children's educational media production company.
Little Laureate’s DVDs were named one of the “Best Video Series of All Time” by Parents magazine.