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Zachary Camfield Heisey (born May 21, 1997; age 20) is an American college student based in Philadelphia, PA and the surrounding suburbs with significant involvement in local politics, student government, as well as several endeavors in the communications industry. Although he was primarily known for his 2014 award-winning public access television show Newsbreak with Zach Heisey,  it was not until his 2015 tenure on the Great Valley School Board that he was recognized as an outspoken student activist. His backlash to state-sponsored standardized testing, ranking-driven academic standards, and over-investment in educational technology became controversial during his time as the student representatives, ultimately coming to blows with his outgoing speech at the end of May in 2017. The controversial address, combined with alleged involvement in a 2015 senior prank resulted in Heisey being banned from speaking at the Great Valley High School Class of 2015 graduation.

Following his graduation from Great Valley High School and the subsequent controversy, Heisey was offered a year-long position working for the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, where he worked until his departure from the suburbs for the City of Philadelphia in 2016. During this time he also worked for United States Senate candidate Joe Sestak's 2016 primary campaign and Ohio Governor John Kasich's 2016 presidential campaign.

As of 2017, Heisey is currently a student at Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management in North-Central Section of Philadelphia, PA where he resides on the Student Government as well as Greek Life leadership.