Nicole is an Assistant Professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and is devoted to improving the lives of vulnerable young children. Her work and education has centered around juvenile/children law and special education law as well as medical/legal partnerships. At the Georgetown University Law Center, as a Clinical Teaching Fellow, Nicole collaborated with lawyers, physicians, law students and medical students to serve homeless and low-income families through the Health Justice Alliance.
Nicole has been active in advocating for systemic change to end the school-to-prison pipeline, to make special education trauma-responsive, to end the digital divide and to support racial justice. She is a published author, has served as a CASA, and has volunteered for many youth-serving organizations.
She has also presented at two Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conferences. Nicole, her husband and children currently reside in Houston, TX.
