Seeing how the DIY approach worked in her own life, Heidi decided to venture out in the world to teach people how they can do things themselves, given the right tools and knowledge. It was with this attitude that Minx did volunteer work in Haiti, and more recently this past year in Dharamsala, India. In India, Minx volunteered in two communities; she helped oversee the development of an online store that that taught computer and English skills to her rural students. In addition, she worked in the Tibetan community, teaching English to refugees at the Hope Center, a fledgling community organization. 

Upon her returning to the US, Heidi realized that she could leverage her business contacts to continue to assist these communities, spread awareness and raise funds. Touched by the human rights violations she heard from her students, and the realization that she did not need to speak ten languages in order to be of assistance, Built on Respect, was born. The Solo Foundation, which has non- profit status, sponsors Built on Respect so all donations are tax-deductible. 

It is Minx’s goal to embrace the DIY mentality, and to personally work to raise funds, and also to directly oversee their disbursement while documenting it, working side by side with different community organizations.